Human culture has been on a roller coaster of what it means to live, work & create. As geek & nerd sub-cultures we pride ourselves on being unique while striving to make positive impacts for humanity. Making an impact is hard; doing it without completely destroying our work-life balance is really hard. In this session we'll discuss refactoring ourselves & the next generation of maker-kind so that we can all achieve work-life awesome!

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leanpub.com/nerdlifebalance/c/fs15

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Rethinking
“Though originally derogatory, ‘Nerd’ is a stereotypical
term, but as with other pejoratives, it has been
reclaimed and redefined by some as a term
of pride and group identity”

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The Story

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“More ‘successful’ behaviors tend to be held more
tenaciously & will occur more frequently.”
- Game Theory on reinforcement learning
Unify / bit.ly/1OGUQ5x
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What if what we
thought was
SUCCESS
was wrong?
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BLACK HOLES | DYNAMOS
The

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BLACK HOLES

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The 3D Expectation

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Sampling Mentality
Black

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The Infinite Plan
Black

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My code
doesn’t work
I have no
idea why
My code
works
I have no
idea why
The Impostor

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MULTIDISTRACTING
Multitasking the act of trying to talk
while someone is stapling your lips together
and someone else is poking you in the eye

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DYNAMOS
DMahalko / bit.ly/1jEGEOJ / public domain

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health
environment
mind
Dynamos

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Roll for Initiative

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The Hubris Eraser

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BAD:
GOOD:
The Grain of Sand Factor
Dynamos

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Acting like someone
I’m NOT
Dynamos

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Being someone
I AM
Dynamos

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The Beauty of Simplicity
Dynamos

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The
Journey
Dynamos

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The
Journey
Dynamos

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You have NOT died of dysentery press SPACE BAR to continue
OR ESC to give up AND NEVER FIND OUT how awesome Oregon Can Be
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Ada Lovelace
Gobonobo / bit.ly/1js4vBU

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_why the lucky stiff
Foofy~commonswiki / bit.ly/1js4QEE

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Admiral Grace Hopper
Crisco 1492 / bit.ly/1js59z8

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Markus Persson
SalfEnergy / bit.ly/1js5d25
Official GDC / http://bit.ly/1js5d25

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mediocrity.pop
exceptional.push

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The Functional
24MI
image courtesy of RunKeeper
image courtesy of Fitnesskeeper

35. I love to…
code
work on hard problems
make an impact
make a difference in a kid’s life
automate all the things
create fun software
build circuits

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Welcome to the NERD WORLD ORDER

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