Cone? What kind of name is that?
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Lessig-style presentation explaining my name. It's meant to be presented extremely quickly - click through each screen as fast as you can. It's lots of slides, but rapid-fire so it should only take 2 minutes! Enjoy :)
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Cone? What kind of name is that?
- 1. Cone? so what kind of a name is that?
- 3. once upon a time
- 4. I found this presentation
- 7. it was this guy
- 9. Dick
- 10. talking about
- 11. identity
- 14. and I watched this presentation
- 16. and then I watched it again
- 17. it was not only a great topic
- 18. but I was intrigued with the style he used
- 20. he credited Lawrence Lessig
- 22. so I did a little cybersleuthing
- 23. Professor of Law at Harvard
- 25. Creative Commons, Board of Directors
- 26. you should check him out too
- 27. So, Lessig does these kind of rapid-fire presentations
- 28. I found out more about this “Lessig” style
- 29. of presenting
- 30. it’s fast
- 31. with lots of images
- 33. so I was hooked
- 34. and I started using this method
- 35. it works particularly well
- 36. So I thought I’d try it
- 37. to introduce you to
- 38. a different type of preso
- 39. to answer the question I always get
- 40. when I introduce myself
- 42. Cone?
- 43. where does that name come from?
- 44. ☺
- 45. so here’s what happens
- 46. I meet someone
- 47. and I introduce myself
- 48. I say, “Hi my name is Cone.”
- 49. sometimes I get a puzzled look
- 50. Huh?
- 51. Cone.
- 52. Cone?
- 53. Yep. Cone.
- 54. C - O - N - E
- 55. like an ice cream cone
- 57. like a pine cone
- 59. like a traffic cone
- 61. so let me get this straight
- 62. your first name is Cone?
- 63. Yes.
- 64. Cone Johnson
- 65. it’s a family name
- 66. a good Texas name!
- 67. Let me explain
- 68. you might know my father
- 69. he’s a doctor
- 70. and musician
- 71. and he hosts a jazz radio show
- 72. on the NPR station
- 74. in Abilene
- 75. or maybe you’re into fishing
- 76. and you know the lake
- 79. it’s near Tulia, TX
- 80. and where is that?
- 82. I have no idea!
- 83. maybe you’re into music
- 84. specifically punk
- 85. this is the most rare of albums
- 87. it’s by the Hugh Beaumont Experience
- 88. and it’s titled “Cone Johnson”
- 89. yeah - Hugh Beaumont
- 90. a garage punk band from the early eighties, Fort Worth
- 91. weird huh?
- 92. it’s worth hundreds of dollars
- 93. *if* you can find one!
- 94. perhaps you like mysteries
- 95. and you know this book
- 96. “Murder on the Cone Johnson”
- 98. yes. I have a copy.
- 99. no. I haven’t read it.
- 100. but most likely
- 101. you know the name
- 102. Cone Johnson
- 103. (if it rings a bell)
- 104. not because of me
- 105. but from the
- 106. ferry boat
- 108. that used to be down in Galveston
- 109. it ran from Galveston island
- 110. to the mainland
- 111. so the ferry
- 113. would shuttle cars back and forth
- 114. before they built
- 115. the causeway
- 117. the ferry was
- 118. named in honor of my
- 119. (wait for it)
- 120. great
- 121. - one -
- 122. great
- 123. - two -
- 124. great
- 125. - three -
- 126. uncle
- 127. His name was
- 128. Cone Johnson
- 130. He was a well-known
- 131. lawyer
- 132. politician
- 133. orator
- 135. State Senator
- 136. plus
- 137. the governor appointed him
- 138. Commissioner of the Texas State Highway Department
- 139. in the 1930’s
- 140. so you see...
- 141. Texas
- 142. Highway Department
- 143. cars
- 144. roads
- 145. ferries
- 146. bridges
- 147. and
- 148. So that’s how his name
- 149. Cone Johnson
- 150. (my name!)
- 151. Cone Johnson
- 152. got to be on the
- 153. Galveston Island ferry boat
- 154. There you go.
- 155. It’s Cone.
- 156. like
- 162. Nice ta meetcha!
- 163. conejohnson -at - gmail
- 164. @conej
- 165. slideshare.net/conej