Urbit
A personal server and decentralized computing platform with its own community conference.
Where Urbit comes up1 episode or test
Urbit, a personal server platform, hosted a conference in Miami where Riva Tez gave an unrehearsed talk from bullet points, saw her slides an hour before, and earned a standing ovation. The recording was cut into a short film that some viewers said made them rethink their lives. Lesson: reuse a strong live talk by editing it down, not rewriting it, and pick imagery by each sentence's feeling to reach a younger audience.
- 1Write bullet pointsOne bullet point per slide
- 2Deliver talk in one goSaw slides an hour before; standing ovation
- 3Cut the recordingRemoved Urbit-only references, kept philosophy and history
- 4Release short filmSome viewers said it made them rethink
From Riva Tez, Urbit conference in Miami
What was said about Urbit
A talk at the Urbit conference became a short film by cutting. Riva Tez gave a talk at the Urbit conference in Miami from one bullet point per slide, and saw the slides an hour before. She delivered it in one go and got a standing ovation.
She and her collaborator cut the recording into her short film. They removed references that only suited the Urbit audience and kept the philosophy and history. Some viewers said the cut-down video made them rethink their lives. Tez: "all I did was write bullet points of what I wanted to say on each slide."
Why No One Should Watch Netflix – Riva Tez
Tez gave a talk at the Urbit conference in Miami from bullet points and saw the slides an hour before. She delivered it in one go, got a standing ovation, and the recording was cut into her short film.
A talk at the Urbit conference became a short film by cutting. Riva Tez gave a talk at the Urbit conference in Miami from one bullet point per slide, and saw the slides an hour before. She delivered it in one go and got a standing ovation.
She and her collaborator cut the recording into her short film. They removed references that only suited the Urbit audience and kept the philosophy and history. Some viewers said the cut-down video made them rethink their lives. Tez: "all I did was write bullet points of what I wanted to say on each slide."
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