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Keynote Karaoke

Talkat Swift Rockies 2026 · 2026-07-22..07-23· [developer-experience]
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A live improv format built around an app that shows first slide then seven random slides then the last slide and auto-advances every 30-second auto-advance counter, originally trialed at NSNorth 2016. Volunteers take the stage and must present unseen decks; examples include improvised riffs on baking, hacking granny knitwear, Russian-as-code satire, fluid dynamics and renewable unicorns. The tool is a simple slide-randomizer with on-screen timer, and it succeeds — volunteers land jokes, get applause, and the format plays to the crowd.

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  1. 0:00Welcome and introduction
  2. 1:26Keynote karaoke explained
  3. 2:49Spencer’s baking metaphor
  4. 7:20Alice’s granny hacker story
  5. 11:35Steven’s Russian iOS advice
  6. 15:08Ryan’s fluid dynamics demo
  7. 19:05Jace’s accessibility tips
  8. 22:41Jared’s game psychology
  9. 26:34Rob’s unicorn energy rant
  10. 30:00Closing and break
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