And that was ThinkerCon 2018 my experience was super fun we learned a
lot of new things got a meet and greet some really cool content creators
some good German food even a surprise firework show at the end
what's up guys i'm ben from Authentech, and i just got back from ThinkerCon
2018 it really was a blast but before I show
you my experience I had there something you might not even know what Thinker con
is so real quick it was a one-night event held at the u.s. space & Rocket
Museum in Huntsville Alabama where there was about 100 different education and
science content creators and youtubers all coming together from around the
world for one night of thought-provoking conversation and fun
the main guy behind it all was Destin from smarter every day who partnered
with YouTube and a few others I had the major benefit of currently
living here in Huntsville so I just had to go and check it out tickets were 129
and there were three main show times okay okay so I'm getting ahead of myself
the date was last Saturday November 17th izip down the road to the US Space and
Rocket Center I've actually never been there before which I'm a little
embarrassed about but it's super cool place I'll definitely be back the sunset
was gorgeous and I pulled in right at 456 as they said gates would open at 5
p.m. on my walk in I check out a couple super red monuments and then I keep
going to find a nice long line and I'm aimed pretty long the website said there
were only 1,000 tickets but this sure felt like a lot more people than that
security was super tight which I actually really appreciated we're all
waiting and lined it's slowly moving forward my ticket was for the 6:00 p.m.
show and before you know it the clock struck six thankfully they were super
cool about it and since the line was moving slower than they had expected
they delayed that main show at 6:00 until we could all get in oh and real
quick if you're not following me on Instagram or Twitter that's where I post
all my behind-the-scenes shots also a lot of these shots were captured on my
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I finally get through I enter into the National Geographic theater where the
main show began around 6:20 and I gotta say it was just super cool being
surrounded by people from all walks of life young and old
different parts of the country there are even some
from different parts of the globe all having this commonality of education and
learning in Destin from smarter every day when on stage did a little talk
then festival of the spoken nerd did some presentations we also heard from
many many others some really smart people and some jokes and music one of
my favorites was Barnaby Dixon with these highly detailed realistic finger
puppets they were simply amazing so then the main show ended and we went out
underneath that massive Saturn v Hall where everything else was taking place
there were talks and a demo stage every 30 minutes down at the other end there
was another panel staged with different people every half-hour from 6 to 8 there
was a beer garden dinner buffet served with delicious German food it was
different but still delicious throughout the hall you were surrounded by historic
artifacts and interactive exhibits from space exploration the event was
presented by YouTube so they had a couple of interactive booths to stop by
while you're walking around the hall and the event you could run into a number of
large youtubers and creators you've probably seen and maybe even already
subscribed to just to list a few there is Mark Rober, Derek from Veritasium
Alan the Captain Disillusion, Tom Scott Diana physics girl, Henry from
minutephysics Simone Matt Whitman from 10 minute Bible
our or no dumb questions podcast with Destin there are many many others and if
you waited in line you could say hello and have a quick chat to meet and greet
your favorite educational youtuber that's a pretty sweet deal ok so after
all this right around 10:45 p.m. they launched a firework show that was
accompanied by a voice over narration by Destin and a few others explaining the
science behind the fireworks this is the way the light is produced it's the
electrons jumping a specific energy to create a specific color of light that is
a lesson for
how that different colors are created and that sort of thing
why aren't shot number 17 that ones gold yes yeah this one's iron with a bit of
carbon in it all of this just outside the US Space and Rocket Center it was a
perfect ending to the night and that was my experience at thinker con 2018
overall it was a lot of fun thanks for tuning in guys if you're new around here
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