I have a skill it’s nothing extraordinary we are life skills and i’m
extraordinary we are life skills and i’m
extraordinary we are life skills and i’m sure i’ll share mine with that other
sure i’ll share mine with that other
sure i’ll share mine with that other people in this room I know how to code
people in this room I know how to code
people in this room I know how to code how to write software how to build
how to write software how to build
how to write software how to build programs and I like to use my skills
programs and I like to use my skills
programs and I like to use my skills sometime just because I can for example
sometime just because I can for example
sometime just because I can for example when I was 15 I built this online game
when I was 15 I built this online game
when I was 15 I built this online game it was bezan chess but you didn’t have
it was bezan chess but you didn’t have
it was bezan chess but you didn’t have to wait for your opponent to move his
to wait for your opponent to move his
to wait for your opponent to move his species in order to read yours so he
species in order to read yours so he
species in order to read yours so he could play very fathom it all of his
could play very fathom it all of his
could play very fathom it all of his pieces before I could move well I never
pieces before I could move well I never
pieces before I could move well I never played the game and I didn’t care about
played the game and I didn’t care about
played the game and I didn’t care about chess I just enjoyed building it just
chess I just enjoyed building it just
chess I just enjoyed building it just because I could and looking back I think
because I could and looking back I think
because I could and looking back I think it has always been the case for me I
it has always been the case for me I
it has always been the case for me I don’t stay with what I see I like to go
don’t stay with what I see I like to go
don’t stay with what I see I like to go beyond maybe it’s a way to feel that
beyond maybe it’s a way to feel that
beyond maybe it’s a way to feel that there is no limits if something does not
there is no limits if something does not
there is no limits if something does not exist maybe I can create it and what I
exist maybe I can create it and what I
exist maybe I can create it and what I love that my work today is I get to do
love that my work today is I get to do
love that my work today is I get to do the unexpected actual addition in the
the unexpected actual addition in the
the unexpected actual addition in the company I work we have a huge community
company I work we have a huge community
company I work we have a huge community of writers and readers that are writing
of writers and readers that are writing
of writers and readers that are writing short story and sharing them it’s a
short story and sharing them it’s a
short story and sharing them it’s a fantastic place for young artists to
fantastic place for young artists to
fantastic place for young artists to write and share a work when two years
write and share a work when two years
write and share a work when two years ago we had this idea we were having a
ago we had this idea we were having a
ago we had this idea we were having a coffee Mac to this coffee machine this
coffee Mac to this coffee machine this
coffee Mac to this coffee machine this one and we had this crazy idea it would
one and we had this crazy idea it would
one and we had this crazy idea it would be great to have these stories from our
be great to have these stories from our
be great to have these stories from our community come out of the vending
community come out of the vending
community come out of the vending machine you know like little rows of
machine you know like little rows of
machine you know like little rows of paper like this right in the vending
paper like this right in the vending
paper like this right in the vending machine next to the snack bar or the
machine next to the snack bar or the
machine next to the snack bar or the soda that you could get on your way to
soda that you could get on your way to
soda that you could get on your way to work when you went for the bus with a
work when you went for the bus with a
work when you went for the bus with a short story on it at first it was just a
short story on it at first it was just a
short story on it at first it was just a joke but then we wanted to try it so I
joke but then we wanted to try it so I
joke but then we wanted to try it so I couldn’t my Fernando he knows about
couldn’t my Fernando he knows about
couldn’t my Fernando he knows about electronics and we go to a bunch of
electronics and we go to a bunch of
electronics and we go to a bunch of electronic components and we built this
electronic components and we built this
electronic components and we built this rough and dirty prototype I brought it
rough and dirty prototype I brought it
rough and dirty prototype I brought it here so it’s just a box right where you
here so it’s just a box right where you
here so it’s just a box right where you press a button and it’s going to pick a
press a button and it’s going to pick a
press a button and it’s going to pick a story at random in the pool of story
story at random in the pool of story
story at random in the pool of story from our community and it’s going to
from our community and it’s going to
from our community and it’s going to print it on paper it’s a very short
print it on paper it’s a very short
print it on paper it’s a very short story you can choose your reading time
story you can choose your reading time
story you can choose your reading time with the three buttons at the one minute
with the three buttons at the one minute
with the three buttons at the one minute three minutes of five minutes depending
three minutes of five minutes depending
three minutes of five minutes depending on your mood it’s primitive and it was
on your mood it’s primitive and it was
on your mood it’s primitive and it was useless to us we just had forbidding it
useless to us we just had forbidding it
useless to us we just had forbidding it like the process of bending it but we
like the process of bending it but we
like the process of bending it but we didn’t know at the time we were going to
didn’t know at the time we were going to
didn’t know at the time we were going to have a much bigger impact because a few
have a much bigger impact because a few
have a much bigger impact because a few weeks later this man he is the mayor of
weeks later this man he is the mayor of
weeks later this man he is the mayor of a city grown up in the Alps different
a city grown up in the Alps different
a city grown up in the Alps different shops it just happened to come to you to
shops it just happened to come to you to
shops it just happened to come to you to our office and I we thought when he saw
our office and I we thought when he saw
our office and I we thought when he saw the prototype he saw something else is
the prototype he saw something else is
the prototype he saw something else is so a way to promote culture by making
so a way to promote culture by making
so a way to promote culture by making people read more to make culture
people read more to make culture
people read more to make culture accessible everywhere to everyone so we
accessible everywhere to everyone so we
accessible everywhere to everyone so we wanted bigger ones for the city of
wanted bigger ones for the city of
wanted bigger ones for the city of loanable and after amid we had no idea
loanable and after amid we had no idea
loanable and after amid we had no idea how difficult this would be we started
how difficult this would be we started
how difficult this would be we started we would be done in 12 weeks and it took
we would be done in 12 weeks and it took
we would be done in 12 weeks and it took us 51 weeks to build the first 10
us 51 weeks to build the first 10
us 51 weeks to build the first 10 machines because we had a lot of
machines because we had a lot of
machines because we had a lot of problems for example we’d press on a
problems for example we’d press on a
problems for example we’d press on a button a bigger one will press on a
button a bigger one will press on a
button a bigger one will press on a button the printer would be printing but
button the printer would be printing but
button the printer would be printing but the paper would always get stuck
the paper would always get stuck
the paper would always get stuck somewhere in the machine it was so
somewhere in the machine it was so
somewhere in the machine it was so frustrating but we made it and then
frustrating but we made it and then
frustrating but we made it and then other people got interested and they saw
other people got interested and they saw
other people got interested and they saw something else in this machine that we
something else in this machine that we
something else in this machine that we didn’t see at first the University of
didn’t see at first the University of
didn’t see at first the University of Pennsylvania wants to promote reading to
Pennsylvania wants to promote reading to
Pennsylvania wants to promote reading to their students by understanding those
their students by understanding those
their students by understanding those machines in the libraries
friends the translation installed these
friends the translation installed these machines in the waiting areas of the
machines in the waiting areas of the
machines in the waiting areas of the train station it’s a way for them to
train station it’s a way for them to
train station it’s a way for them to promote a better user experience by
promote a better user experience by
promote a better user experience by offering people a gift while the way to
offering people a gift while the way to
offering people a gift while the way to the train now if you travel to France by
the train now if you travel to France by
the train now if you travel to France by train you’ll be able to grab a short
train you’ll be able to grab a short
train you’ll be able to grab a short story on the way even surprisingly the
story on the way even surprisingly the
story on the way even surprisingly the government of dubai I’m selling those
government of dubai I’m selling those
government of dubai I’m selling those machines in the city wants to make the
machines in the city wants to make the
machines in the city wants to make the young people of dubai read more arabic
young people of dubai read more arabic
young people of dubai read more arabic as they tend to read more english this
as they tend to read more english this
as they tend to read more english this hit is this as a way to keep their
hit is this as a way to keep their
hit is this as a way to keep their culture life and even more surprisingly
culture life and even more surprisingly
culture life and even more surprisingly to us at first is the world famous movie
to us at first is the world famous movie
to us at first is the world famous movie director Francis Ford Coppola the one
director Francis Ford Coppola the one
director Francis Ford Coppola the one who directed the movie The Godfather got
who directed the movie The Godfather got
who directed the movie The Godfather got one short story dispenser also for his
one short story dispenser also for his
one short story dispenser also for his restaurant in San Francisco and it makes
restaurant in San Francisco and it makes
restaurant in San Francisco and it makes sense because Coppola is a man of
sense because Coppola is a man of
sense because Coppola is a man of literature he owns a publishing company
literature he owns a publishing company
literature he owns a publishing company of only short stories and what he lacks
of only short stories and what he lacks
of only short stories and what he lacks in the short story format is that you
in the short story format is that you
in the short story format is that you read the story in one setting the same
read the story in one setting the same
read the story in one setting the same way you watch a movie in one setting and
way you watch a movie in one setting and
way you watch a movie in one setting and he loved the idea of this dispenser that
he loved the idea of this dispenser that
he loved the idea of this dispenser that gives you art for free we build
gives you art for free we build
gives you art for free we build something that was useless to us at
something that was useless to us at
something that was useless to us at first just because we could just for the
first just because we could just for the
first just because we could just for the fun of mixing two very different ideas
fun of mixing two very different ideas
fun of mixing two very different ideas short stories and vending machines and
short stories and vending machines and
short stories and vending machines and then become something bigger it became a
then become something bigger it became a
then become something bigger it became a way of spreading culture everywhere to
way of spreading culture everywhere to
way of spreading culture everywhere to everyone of learning new languages of
everyone of learning new languages of
everyone of learning new languages of keeping some cultures alive of helping
keeping some cultures alive of helping
keeping some cultures alive of helping young people young artists to write and
young people young artists to write and
young people young artists to write and share their work it’s about giving
share their work it’s about giving
share their work it’s about giving something to someone just because we can
something to someone just because we can
something to someone just because we can we all have skills what skill do you
we all have skills what skill do you
we all have skills what skill do you have can you build something useless
have can you build something useless
have can you build something useless can you give something to someone just
can you give something to someone just
can you give something to someone just because it’s fun just because you can
because it’s fun just because you can
because it’s fun just because you can who knows maybe you are going to have a
who knows maybe you are going to have a
who knows maybe you are going to have a much bigger impact than you think thank
much bigger impact than you think thank
much bigger impact than you think thank you
you
you [Applause]
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