Making Matters, pep talk for HACKDWN v1, Ohio State
1. M A K I N G M AT T E R S
H A C K D W N V 1
H A C K D W N P E P T L K
D A N R O C K W E L L , B I G K I T T Y L A B S
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2. I S T H E R E A S E AT F O R Y O U AT T H E TA B L E ?
3. • asking the question implies no
• the mission is to manifest that seat
• the “making” makes you the reason why everyone else
is there
4. E V E RY D AY Y O U M U S T F I G H T F O R T R A C T I O N
5. • conversations
• code
• code and conversations exposed to discomfort
• audacity that your worth it
7. • its the source of your power
• its what wakes you up in the morning, and keeps you
coding till 4AM
• its also highly comfortable, safe, fiction, limitless
• harness it but keep it exposed to the light of reality
12. M A K I N G M AT T E R S
H A C K D W N V 1
H A C K D W N P E P T L K
D A N R O C K W E L L , B I G K I T T Y L A B S
A P R I L 3 R D , 2 0 1 5 - O H I O S TA T E U N I V E R S I T Y