Tim Barcz

CTO, Relentlessly curious technologist and marketer who exploits capabilities of tech for business. Views and opinions are my own.

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Got to play @thesiloclub on Saturday as @BradlyLoughren's guest.

Nevada, Iowa quietly has something special. A thread on a new 9-hole that deserves your attention. 🧵

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Some pretty unique fall
Golf shots this morning from @BendelowGreens

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Crispy morning at the club….sun’s popping up…Hawkeyes with a night game….seems only proper for an 11:30 tee time? #CedarRapidsCC

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@andrewjcarr29 @MidwestGolfJake You’re good with wire grass as long as it’s on the hole-side of a bunker and you can call them eyelashes. #slightlyjealousofyourbunkers

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One of the best TED talks I’ve ever seen

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Ten million people have watched a comedian accidentally destroy the entire TED talk industry.

He filmed the talk once at TEDxNewYork in 2014 and openly admitted he had nothing to say.

Speaking coaches charge $5,000 to teach the exact tricks he used in 6 minutes to say nothing at all.

His name is Will Stephen. He is a comedian from Late Night with Seth Meyers who was invited to give a real TED talk and used it to prove the format is a costume anyone can wear.

Every TED speaker opens with a question, tells a personal story, cites a scientist, and shows a chart. Stephen did all four in six minutes with zero content.

His entire formula fits on a napkin.

Gesture with both hands. Ask the audience a question anyone can answer. Tell a mildly embarrassing story so they say aww. Point to a stranger on a slide and call them important. Flash a chart of random numbers. Wear glasses with no lenses. The audience will think you are brilliant.

That last trick alone has probably cost the public speaking coaching industry a hundred million dollars in sessions clients should have skipped.

"If you watched me on YouTube with the sound off, you would think I was a genius."

That is Will Stephen on the TED stage, three minutes into the talk he was paid to give. He wasn't lying.

Executives pay $15,000 for a keynote coach and still open with a joke the room never laughs at. Founders rehearse their pitch for weeks and still sound like Stephen at minute four, saying "wagga wah, gabba gabba" with authority.

The talk is free on YouTube. The method is written across every TED speaker's playbook for ten years.

Stephen still writes for Seth Meyers. Almost none of the ten million viewers have stopped nodding at empty slides since.

The formula is free. The willingness to actually say something before your next keynote, pitch, or townhall is the entire edge.

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I’m getting tired of waiting for the results, so I vibed a way better election voting app. It stores everything in JSON, check it out –http://localhost:3000

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Hey Iowa politicians- I’ll vote for any of you who can fix the terrible baggage service at @fly_CID. A Thursday night at 11:20 PM and everyone just waiting.

Just fix it and you have my vote.

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@playforeapp @MidwestGolfJake lol.

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@IowaGolfPreps Why is Davenport number one on your list but your picture in the background is of @TheCRCC?

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@MidwestGolfJake @playforeapp The green.

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@MidwestGolfJake @playforeapp Fix #8

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@zheinold1014 @MidwestGolfJake Let’s play Davenport next year. You down?

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@privategolfacs This is interesting because who cares what the conditions are as long as everyone is playing the same?

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@JoeLunardy @IowaGolfPreps @BendelowGreens Was districts nine holes and he had a bad day?

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@privategolfacs You might be the first person ever who celebrates Columbus Day

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@JohnDairyQueen So does that mean the MSP boys are 0-2 this year?

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@JohnDairyQueen @MidwestGolfJake Totally agree - also say it again and replace “Jake” with “Tim”

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@MidwestGolfJake @JohnDairyQueen Windsong Farm

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Nope, I’m not quite ready for Christmas

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@peterritchie @dhh Agree - was curious if this was 0 or “greater than 0 but rounds to 0”.

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