Opening Keynote
summary
Argues that theater techniques measurably improve tech teaching by using humor, timing, and memory hooks to shorten attention loss; shows concrete outputs: a five‑minute video series (Exception Perceptions) and a demo voting app built to throw errors to exercise Sentry/century.io; describes a themed meetup (Century Scouts) with commercials, GIF‑driven careers pages, patches and stickers that double attendance and make attendees say “I’ve never laughed at a meetup before” as evidence that it works.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Welcome
- 7:08From theater to tech engineering
- 15:37Tech meetup contrasts
- 25:22Science of engaging content
- 29:57Humanizing tech with humor
- 34:26Redesigning meetups
- 38:42Humor in tech tasks
