“The Idea of the Idea” – TTIX 2009 Keynote Address
I recently gave the closing keynote address at the TTIX conference. The topic and the way in which I composed and delivered it were all unusual for me (though I backed away a little from my initial plan to give a “reading” of the text in the manner of an address I once saw Bruce Sterling deliver and gave the speech a bit less formally… I was extremely gratified when one of the audience members told me I reminded them of Sterling).
Video of the presentation (in which I “riffed” off the larger text) is available, as well as the complete mini-essay and the accompanying slides.