ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

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TED2004

Ze Frank: Nerdcore comedy

Ze Frenk (Ze Frank): Ultraštreberska komedija

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Izvođač i tvorac veb igrica Ze Frenk priređuje urnebesan štreberski stendap nastup, onda nam iznosi šta je zapravo njegova strast - da pomaže ljudima da stvaraju i komuniciraju međusobno, uz pomoć jednostavnih i zaraznih veb alata.
- Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since. Full bio

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00:26
You know, when ChrisKris first approachedприближио се me to speakговорити at TEDTED, I said no,
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Znate, kad mi je Kris prvi put prišao
i pitao da govorim na TEDu, odbio sam,
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because I feltосетио like I wasn'tније going to be ableу могуцности
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jer sam mislio da neću moći
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to make that personalлични connectionвеза, you know, that I wanted to.
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da ostvarim tu ličnu vezu koju sam želeo.
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It's suchтаква a largeвелики conferenceконференција.
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To je tako velika konferencija.
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But he explainedобјаснио је to me that he was in a bindвезати,
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Ali objasnio mi je da je bio u frci,
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and that he was havingимати troubleневоље findingпроналажење the kindкинд of sexсек appealжалба
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i da nije mogao da nađe seksipil
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and starЗвезда powerмоћ that the conferenceконференција was knownпознат for --
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i moć po kojoj je konferencija poznata -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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so I said fine, TedTed -- I mean ChrisKris. I'll come on two conditionsуслови.
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pa sam rekao, okej, Tede, mislim Krise.
Doći ću pod dva uslova.
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One -- I want to speakговорити as earlyрано in the morningјутро as possibleмогуће.
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Prvi - želim da govorim
što je ranije moguće ujutru.
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And two -- I want to pickпицк the themeтема for TEDTED 2006.
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Drugi - želim da biram temu za TED2006.
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And luckilyсрећом he agreedсложио се. And the themeтема, in two yearsгодине,
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Srećom, složio se.
Za dve godine, tema će biti
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is going to be "CuteSladak PicturesSlike Of PuppiesŠtenci."
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"Simpatične slike kučića".
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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I inventedизмишљен the PlaceboPlacebo CameraKamera.
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Izmislio sam Placebo fotoaparat.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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It doesn't actuallyзаправо take picturesслике, but it's a hellпакао of a lot cheaperјефтиније,
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Zapravo ne slika, ali je dosta jeftiniji
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and you still feel like you were there.
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i opet imate osećaj da ste bili tamo.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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"DearDraga SirGospodine, Good day, complimentsKomplimenti of the day, and my bestнајбоље wishesжеље
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Dragi gospodine, dobar dan,
želim da ga prijatno provedemo,
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to you and familyпородица. I know this letterписмо will come to you surprisinglyизненађујуће,
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moje najtoplije želje vama
i vašoj porodici. Znam da će vas ovo pismo
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but let it not be a surpriseизненађење to you,
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iznenaditi, ali ne dozvolite
da se to desi,
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for natureприрода has a way of arrivingdolazi unannouncedbez najave,
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jer priroda ima naviku
da se ne najavljuje,
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and, as an adageizreka saysкаже, originalsоригинали are very hardтешко to find,
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i kako kaže stara izreka,
teško je naći originale,
02:26
but theirњихова echoesехо soundзвук louderгласније. So I decidedодлучио to contactконтакт you myselfЈа сам,
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ali je njihov odjek glasniji.
Zato sam odlučio da vas sam kontaktiram,
da biste mi vi osigurali
bezbednost i iskrenost,
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for you to assureУверите me of safetyбезбедност and honestyiskrenost,
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if I have to entrustEntrust any amountизнос of moneyновац underиспод your custodyстаратељство.
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ako bih morao da vam poverim
neku sumu novca.
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I am MisterGospodine MichaelMichael BangooraBangoora, the sonсин of lateкасни MisterGospodine TiamuTiamu BangooraBangoora --
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Ja sam gospodin Majkl Bangora,
sin pokojnog gospodina Tijamua Bangora -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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who was the MinisterMinistar of FinanceFinansije in SierraSijera LeoneLeone --
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koji je bio ministar finansija
u Sijera Leoneu -
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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but was killedубијен duringу току a civilцивилно warрат.
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ali je ubijen u građanskom ratu.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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KnowingZnajući your countryземљу to be economicalekonomičan conduciveпогодан for investmentинвестиција,
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Pošto je vaša zemlja pogodna
za ekonomske investicije
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and your people as transparentтранспарентно and trustworthyiz pouzdanog izvora to engageангажовати in businessбизнис,
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i vaši ljudi transparentni i pošteni
za otvaranje posla,
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on whichкоја premiseпремисе I writeпиши you.
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zbog ovoga vam pišem.
02:58
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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Before my fatherотац deathсмрт,
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Pre smrti mog oca,
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he had the sumсум of 23 millionмилиона UnitedUjedinjeni StatesDržava dollarsдолара,
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on je imao sumu
od 23 miliona američkih dolara
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whichкоја he keptчува away from the rebelПобуњеник leadersлидери
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koje je čuvao
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duringу току the courseкурс of the warрат.
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od vođa pobunjenika tokom rata.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
03:11
This fundфонд was supposedпретпостављено to be used
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Ovaj fond trebalo je da se koristi
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for the rehabilitationrehabilitacija of waterвода reservesрезерве all over the countryземљу,
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za rehabilitaciju rezerva vode
širom zemlje,
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before the outbreakизбијање of warрат. When the warрат brokeсломио out,
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pre nego što se desio rat.
Kada je započeo rat,
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the rebelПобуњеник leaderлидер demandedзатражио that the fundфонд be givenдато to him,
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vođa pobunjenika zahtevao je
da se fond preda njemu,
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my fatherотац insistedинсистирао it was not in his possessionпоседовање,
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moj otac je tvrdio da nije bio
u njegovom posedu
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and he was killedубијен because of his refusalodbijanje to releaseиздање the fundфонд.
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i ubili su ga zbog odbijanja
da preda fond.
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MeanwhileU medjuvremenu, my motherмајка and I is the only personособа who knowsзна about the fundфонд
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Međutim, moja majka i ja smo
jedini koji znamo za fond
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because my fatherотац always confidePoveravam in me.
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jer mi se otac uvek poveravao.
Brzo sam se dogovorio
s radnikom Crvenog krsta
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I quicklyбрзо madeмаде an arrangementaranžman with a RedCrveni CrossKrst reliefрељеф workerрадник,
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who used his officialзваничник vanван to transportтранспорт the moneyновац to LungiLungi AirportAerodrom, FreetownFritaun,
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koji je svojim zvaničnim kombijem
prebacio novac do aerodroma Landži
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althoughиако he did not know the realправи contentsсадржај of the boxбок.
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u Fritaunu, iako nije znao sadržaj kutije.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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The fundфонд was depositeduplaćen as a familyпородица reassureUmiri,
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Fond je smešten,
kako je porodica uverena,
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in a safeсигурно, reliableпоуздан securityсигурност companyкомпанија in DakarDakar, SenegalSenegal,
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u bezbednu i pouzdanu kompaniju
za bezbednost u Senegalu,
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where I was only givenдато temporaryпривремени asylumazil.
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gde sam dobio samo privremeni azil.
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I do not wishжелети to investинвестирајте the moneyновац in SenegalSenegal
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Ne želim da uložim novac u Senegalu
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dueдуе to unfavorablenepovoljne economicекономски climateклима, and so closeБлизу to my countryземљу.
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zbog nepogodne ekonomske klime
i blizine mojoj zemlji.
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The only assistanceпомоћ I need from you, whichкоја I know you would do for me,
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Jedina pomoć koja mi od vas treba,
i koju znam da ćete pružiti,
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are the followingследећи: one, be a silentтихо partnerпартнер
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je sledeće: prvo, budite tihi partner
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and receiveпримити the fundsфондови in your accountрачун in trustповерење;
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i primite sredstva
na vaš račun u poverenju:
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two, provideпружити a bankбанка accountрачун underиспод your controlконтрола
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drugo, pružite bankovni račun
pod vašom kontrolom
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to whichкоја the fundsфондови will be remittedukinuti;
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gde će biti preneta sredstva;
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threeтри, receiveпримити the fundsфондови into your accountрачун in trustповерење;
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treće, primite sredstva na vaš račun,
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take out your commissionпровизија; and leaveодлази the restодмор of the moneyновац
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uzmite vaš deo i ostavite ostatak novca
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untilсве док I arriveстићи, after the transferтрансфер is completeкомплетан.
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dok ja ne dođem,
nakon što je transfer potpun.
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SincerelyIskreno, MisterGospodine MichaelMichael BangooraBangoora."
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S poštovanjem, gospodin Majkl Bangora.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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04:37
This is really embarrassingsramotno.
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Ovo je zaista neugodno.
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I was told backstageиза бине that I have 18 minutesминута.
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Iza su mi rekli da imam 18 minuta.
Pripremio sam samo 15.
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I only preparedприпремљен 15.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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So if it's coolхладан, I'd like to just wait for threeтри.
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Pa ako je okej sa vama,
samo bih hteo da pričekam tri minuta.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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I'm really sorry.
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Zaista mi je žao.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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What's your nameиме?
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Kako se vi zovete?
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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MarkMark SerfaasSerfaas. It's prettyприлично coolхладан, huh? PursuingPotrazi za happinessсрећа.
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Mark Serfas. Baš je kul, zar ne?
Potraga za srećom.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
Da li ste devica? Devica?
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Are you a virginдевица? VirginDevica?
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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I mean -- no, I mean like in the TEDTED senseсмисао?
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Mislim - ne, mislim u smislu TEDa?
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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Are you? Oh, yeah. So what are you,
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Jeste li vi? O, da. Koliko vi imate,
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like, a thousandхиљада, two thousandхиљада, somewhereнегде in there? Huh? Oh?
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oko hiljadu, dve hiljade, tu negde?
Hm? Oh?
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You don't know what I'm talkingпричају about?
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Ne znate o čemu pričam?
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
05:40
AhAh, MarkMark --
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Ah, Mark -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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SerfaasSerfaas.
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Serfas.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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1,860 -- am I good?
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1860 - jel' da da sam dobar?
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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And that's nothing to be ashamedсрам of.
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To nije sramota.
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That's nothing to be ashamedсрам of.
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Nije nikakva sramota.
06:00
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
06:04
Yeah, I was hangingвешање out with some GoogleGoogle guys last night.
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Da, sinoć sam se družio sa nekim
tipovima iz Gugla.
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Really coolхладан, we were gettingдобијања wasteduzalud.
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Stvarno su bili kul, odvalili smo se.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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And they were tellingговорећи me that GoogleGoogle softwareсофтвер has gottenготтен so advancedнапредни
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Pričali su mi da je Guglov softver
postao toliko napredan,
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that, basedзаснован on your interactionинтеракција with GoogleGoogle over your lifetimeживотни век,
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da na osnovu vaše interakcije s Guglom
u toku vašeg života,
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they can actuallyзаправо predictпредвидети what you are going to say nextследећи.
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oni zapravo mogu da predvide
šta ćete sledeće reći.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
06:27
And I was like, "Get the fuckјебати out of here. That's crazyлуд."
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A ja sam rekao:
"Ne zajebavajte. To je ludo."
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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But they said, "No, but don't showсхов anyoneбило ко," but they slippedOkliznuo se up.
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Ali oni rekoše: "Ne, ali nemoj
nikome da pokazuješ" i zeznuli su se.
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And they said that I could just typeтип in "What was I going to say nextследећи?"
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Rekli su da samo treba da ukucam
"Šta sam hteo sledeće da kažem?"
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and my nameиме, and it would tell me. And I have to tell you, right now,
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i moje ime, i reći će mi.
I moram vam reći, ovog trenutka,
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this is an unadulteratednezrelih pieceпиеце of softwareсофтвер,
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ovo je čist komad softvera,
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this is a realправи InternetInternet browserpregledač and this is an actualстварно GoogleGoogle siteсите,
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ovo je pravi pretraživač interneta
i pravi Guglov sajt,
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and we're going to testтест it out liveживи todayданас.
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i danas ćemo ovo probati uživo.
06:53
What was I going to say nextследећи? And "ZeZe FrankFrank" -- that's me.
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Šta sam hteo sledeće da kažem?
I "Ze Frenk" - to sam ja.
07:03
Am I feelingОсећај luckyСрећно?
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Iz prve ruke?
07:04
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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Am I feelingОсећај luckyСрећно?
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Iz prve ruke?
07:08
AudiencePubliku: Yes.
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Publika: Da.
07:10
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
07:13
ZeZe FrankFrank: Oh. AmazingNeverovatno.
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Ze Frenk: Oh, neverovatno.
07:16
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
07:22
In MarchMarta of 2001 --
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U martu 2001. -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
07:26
I filmedснимљен myselfЈа сам dancingплес to Madonna'sMadonin "JustifyObostrano poravnavanje My Love."
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snimio sam sebe kako plešem
uz Madoninu pesmu "Justify My Love".
07:32
On a ThursdayU četvrtak, I sentпослат out a linkлинк to a websiteвеб сајт
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Jednog četvrtka, poslao sam link ka sajtu
07:34
that featurednastupili su those clipsклипови to 17 of my closestнајближе friendsпријатељи,
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sa tim snimcima, svojim 17 prijatelja,
07:37
as partдео of my -- an invitationpozivnica to my -- an invitationpozivnica to my thтх --
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kao deo mog - kao poziv za moj -
kao poziv z -
07:44
thтх -- 26thтх birthdayрођендан partyжурка.
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z- za žurku za 26. rođendan.
07:47
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
07:49
By MondayU ponedeljak, over a millionмилиона people
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Do ponedeljka, na sajt je dolazilo
07:52
were comingдолазе to this siteсите a day.
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preko milion ljudi dnevno.
07:57
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
08:00
WithinU roku od a weekНедеља, I receivedпримљен a call from EarthlinkEarthlink that said,
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U toku nedelju dana, pozvali su me
iz Earthlink-a i rekli
08:04
dueдуе to a 10 centsценти perпер megabyteмегабајт overagepreviše stara chargeпуњење,
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da po tarifi za prekoračenje
od 10 centi po megabajtu
08:06
I owedдуговао them 30,000 dollarsдолара.
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njima dugujem 30 000 dolara.
08:08
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
08:10
NeedlessNepotrebno to say, I was ableу могуцности to leaveодлази my jobпосао.
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Suvišno je reći da sam mogao
da napustim svoj posao.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
08:18
And, finallyконачно, you know, becomeпостати freelanceslobodnjak.
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I da konačno počnem da radim honorarno.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
Ali neki za mene kažu da sam više -
nešto poput internet gurua ili -
08:24
But some people referодносити се to me more of -- as, like, an InternetInternet guruгуру or --
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(LaughterSmeh)
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swamiSvami.
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svamija.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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08:31
I -- I knewзнала I had something.
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Znao sam da imam nešto.
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I'd basicallyу основи distilledдестилован a very difficult-to-explainteško objasniti
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U osnovi sam filtrirao
kompleksnu filozofiju
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and complexкомплекс philosophyфилозофија, whichкоја I won'tнеће get into here,
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koja se teško objašnjava,
u šta neću sad ulaziti,
08:41
because it's a little too deepдубоко for all of you, but --
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jer je malo prekomplikovano za vas, ali -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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it's about what makesчини websitesвеб странице popularпопуларно, and, you know, it's --
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radi se o tome šta sajtove
čini popularnim, i znate, to je -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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08:52
it's unfortunateнесретни that I don't have more time.
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šteta što nemam više vremena.
08:53
Maybe I can come back nextследећи yearгодине, or something like that.
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Možda mogu da dođem ponovo
sledeće godine, ili tako nešto.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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I'm obsessedопседнут with emailемаил. I get a lot of it.
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Opsednut sam mejlovima.
Dobijam ih puno.
09:03
FourČetiri yearsгодине laterкасније, I still get probablyвероватно two or threeтри hundredсто emailsемаилс a day
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Četiri godine kasnije, još uvek dobijam
verovatno 200 ili 300 mejlova dnevno
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from people I don't know, and it's been an amazingНевероватно opportunityприлика
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od ljudi koje ne znam, i to je bila
neverovatna prilika
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to kindкинд of get to know differentразличит culturesкултура, you know?
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da nekako upoznam
drugačije kulture, znate?
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It's like a microscopemikroskop. to the restодмор of the worldсвет.
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Poput mikroskopa za ostatak sveta.
09:19
You can kindкинд of peerпеер into other people'sљуди livesживи,
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Možete nekako da virite u tuđe živote,
09:22
and I alsoтакође feel like I get a lot of inspirationинспирација
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i takođe mislim
da dosta inspiracije dobijam
09:27
from the averageпросек userкорисник.
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od prosečnog korisnika.
09:29
For exampleпример, somebodyнеко wroteнаписао me.
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Na primer, neko mi je pisao.
09:30
They said, "Hey ZeZe, if you ever come to BoulderBoulder,
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Rekao je: "Hej Ze,
ako ikad dođeš do Boldera,
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you should rockроцк out with us," and I said, "Why wait?"
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treba da visiš sa nama", i ja sam rekao:
"Zašto čekati?"
09:40
And they said, "Hey ZeZe, thanksХвала for rockingроцкинг out,
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I oni su rekli: "Hej Ze,
hvala što si visio s nama,
09:43
but I meantмислио the kindкинд of rockingроцкинг out where we'dми смо be nakedгола."
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ali mislio sam da visimo goli".
09:45
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
09:47
And that was embarrassingsramotno.
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I to je bilo neprijatno.
09:48
But you know, it's kindкинд of a collaborationсарадња
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Ali znate, to je kao saradnja
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betweenизмеђу me and the fansfanovi, so I said, "Sure."
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između mene i obožavatelja,
pa sam rekao "Naravno".
09:55
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
10:00
I hearчујеш a lot of you whisperingљapuжe.
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Čujem da dosta vas šapuće.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
10:04
And I know what you're sayingговорећи. You're sayingговорећи, "HolySveti crapсрање,
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I znam o čemu pričate. Govorite:
"Čoveče, kako je moguće
10:07
how is his presentationпрезентација so smoothглатко?"
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da mu prezentacija tako dobro ide?"
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
10:12
And I have to say that it's not all me this yearгодине.
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Moram da kažem da ove godine
nisam u pitanju samo ja.
10:15
I guessпретпостављам ChrisKris has to take some creditкредит here, because in yearsгодине pastпрошлост,
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Valjda Kris mora da uzme neke zasluge,
jer je proteklih godina
10:20
I guessпретпостављам there's been some sortврста of subparSuper malo sutra speakersзвучници at TEDTED. I don't know.
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bilo nekih nekvalitetnih
govornika na TEDu. Ne znam.
10:23
(LaughterSmeh)
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And so, this yearгодине, ChrisKris sentпослат us a TEDTED ConferenceKonferencija simulatorsimulator.
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I tako, ove godine, Kris nam je poslao
simulator TED konferencija.
10:28
(LaughterSmeh)
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WhichŠto really allowedдозвољен us as speakersзвучници to get there, in the trenchesrovove,
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Ovo je dozvolilo nama kao govornicima,
da budemo u prvim redovima
10:35
and practiceпракса at home so that we would be readyспреман for this experienceискуство.
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i vežbamo kod kuće kako bismo
bili spremni za ovo iskustvo.
10:39
And I gottaМорам say that, you know, it's really, really great to be here.
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I moram da kažem
da je zaista sjajno biti ovde.
10:43
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
10:46
I'd like to tell all of you a little jokeшала. Not just the good stuffствари, thoughипак.
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Hteo bih da vam ispričam jedan vic.
Ali nisu tu samo dobre stvari.
Postoji i režim ometanja.
10:54
You can do hecklerHekler modeмод.
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10:55
VoiceGlas: Hey, moronmoronu, get off the stageфаза.
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Glas: Hej moronu, siđi sa bine.
10:58
ZFZF: You get off the stageфаза.
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ZF: Ti siđi sa bine.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
11:02
VoiceGlas: We want MalcolmMalcolm GladwellGledvel.
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Glas: Želimo Malkolma Gladvela.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
11:16
In caseслучај you runтрцати over time.
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Za slučaj da prekoračite vreme.
11:18
I'd -- just one last thing I'd like to say, I'd, really --
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Želeo bih da kažem još samo jednu stvar -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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like to thank all of you for beingбиће here.
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na primer da zahvalim svima što ste ovde.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
11:28
And frogжаба modeмод.
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I režim žabe.
11:41
(SingsPeva) "AhAh, the first time that I madeмаде love to a rockроцк shrimprakove ..."
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(Peva) "O, prvi put kad sam
vodio ljubav sa škampima..."
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
11:49
(ApplauseAplauz)
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11:53
It's trueистина. Some people say to me,
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Istina je. Neki ljudi mi kažu:
11:55
they say, "ZeZe, you're doing all this stuffствари, this InternetInternet stuffствари,
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"Ze, radiš sve ovo, na internetu,
12:00
and you're not makingстварање any moneyновац.
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i ne zarađuješ ništa.
12:02
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
12:04
"Why?" And I say, "MomMama, DadTata --
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"Zašto?" A ja kažem: "Mama, tata -
12:06
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
12:10
"I'm tryingпокушавајући." You know, I don't know if you're all awareсвесна of this,
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"Pokušavam." Znate, ne znam
da li ste svi svesni ovoga,
12:14
but the videoвидео -- the videoвидео gameигра marketтржиште,
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ali tržište video igrica,
12:16
kidsклинци are playingиграње these videoвидео gamesигре, oh,
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deca igraju ove video igrice, oh,
12:18
but, supposedlyнаводно, there's tonsтоне of moneyновац.
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ali navodno tu je hrpa novca.
12:20
I mean, like, I think, 100,000 dollarsдолара or so a yearгодине is beingбиће spentпотрошено
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Mislim, valjda, pretpostavljam, troši se
oko 100 000 dolara godišnje
12:25
on these things. So I decidedодлучио to try my handруку.
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na ove stvari. Pa sam odlučio
da se oprobam i ja.
12:29
I cameДошао up with a fewнеколико gamesигре.
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Smislio sam nekoliko igara.
12:31
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
Ova se zove "Ateista".
12:34
This is calledпозвани "AtheistAteista."
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12:35
I figuredфигуред it'dје д be popularпопуларно with the youngмлади kidsклинци.
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Pretpostavio sam
da će je mlađa deca obožavati.
12:38
Look, I'll moveпотез around and say some things.
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Gledajte, kretaću se malo
i reći neke stvari.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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12:49
So that didn't go over so well.
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To nije baš dobro prošlo.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
12:54
I don't really understandРазумем why you're laughingсмејати се.
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Zaista ne razumem zašto se smejete.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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Should have doneГотово this before I triedПокушали to pitchпитцх it.
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Trebalo je da uradim ovo
pre same prezentacije.
13:01
"BuddhistBudistički," of courseкурс, looksизглед very, very similarслично to "AtheistAteista."
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Naravno, igrica "Budista" je veoma,
veoma slična "Ateisti".
13:06
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
13:07
But you come back as a duckpatka.
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Ali vratite se kao patka.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
13:15
And this is great because, you know, for a quarterчетвртина,
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A ovo je sjajno, jer,
znate, za četvrt dolara,
13:17
you can playигра this for a long time.
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možete da igrate ovo dosta dugo.
13:19
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
13:21
And ChrisKris had said in an emailемаил that, you know,
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Kris je rekao u mejlu da zaista
13:23
we should really bringдовести something newново to TEDTED,
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treba da doprinesemo nešto novo TEDu,
što nismo nikome pokazali.
13:25
something that we haven'tније shownпоказано anyoneбило ко.
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13:26
So, I madeмаде this for TEDTED. It's "ChristianKristijan."
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Ovo sam napravio za TED.
Zove se "Hrišćanin".
13:31
It's the thirdтрећи in the seriesсерије.
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To je treći nastavak.
13:32
I'm hopingнадати се it's going to do well this yearгодине.
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Nadam se da će dobro proći ove godine.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
13:40
Do you have a preferenceŽeljena opcija? Good choiceизбор.
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Šta birate? Dobar izbor.
13:44
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
13:48
So you can wait for the SecondDrugi ComingDolazi -- (LaughterSmeh)
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Tako čekate na drugi povratak - (Smeh)
13:50
whichкоја is --
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koji je -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
13:52
a randomслучајно numberброј betweenизмеђу one and 500 millionмилиона.
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nasumični broj između 1 i 500 miliona.
13:55
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
13:59
So really, what are we talkingпричају about here? Oh, techтецх joyрадост.
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O čemu ono zaista ovde pričamo?
A da, radosti tehnologije.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
14:05
TechTehnički joyрадост, to me, meansзначи something,
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Radost tehnologije meni znači nešto,
14:07
because I get a lot of joyрадост out of techтецх.
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jer me tehnologija mnogo raduje.
14:10
And in factчињеница, makingстварање things usingКористећи technologyтехнологија --
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Zapravo, kada stvaram nešto
uz pomoć tehnologije -
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and I'm beingбиће seriousозбиљан here, even thoughипак I'm usingКористећи my sarcasticsarkastičan voiceглас --
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i sad sam ozbiljan,
iako zvučim sarkastično -
14:17
I won'tнеће -- holdдржати on. MakingPravljenje things, you know --
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neću - stanite. Kad stvaram nešto, znate -
14:22
makingстварање things actuallyзаправо does give me a lot of joyрадост.
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stvaranje nečega me zapravo veoma raduje.
14:25
It's the processпроцес of creationстварање that keepsзадржава me sortврста of
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Taj proces stvaranja me
na neki način drži
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a bubbleмехур and a halfпола aboveгоре perpetualstalni anxietyanksioznost in my life,
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na mehur i po iznad
stalne ansksioznosti mog života,
14:31
and it's that feelingОсећај of beingбиће about 80 percentпроценат completeкомплетан on a projectпројекат --
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i taj osećaj kada si
projekat završio 80% -
14:34
where you know you still have something to do,
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kad znaš da još imaš nešto da uradiš,
14:36
but it's not finishedготов, and you're not startingпочевши something --
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ali nije gotovo, i ne počinješ ništa -
14:40
that really fillsиспуњава my entireцео life.
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to stvarno ispunjava ceo moj život.
14:42
And so, what I've doneГотово is, I startedпочела gettingдобијања interestedзаинтересован
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Tako sam počeo da se interesujem
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in creatingстварање onlineонлине socialсоцијално spacesпросторе to shareОбјави that feelingОсећај
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za pravljenje onlajn društvenih prostora
kako bih delio to osećanje
14:49
with people who don't considerразмотрити themselvesсами artistsуметници.
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sa ljudima koji sebe
ne smatraju umetnicima.
14:52
We're in a cultureкултура of guru-shipGuru-brod. It's so hardтешко to use some softwareсофтвер
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Mi smo u kulturi guruizma.
Veoma je teško koristiti neki softver
14:56
because, you know, it's unapproachablenedostupna,
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jer nije pristupačan,
ljudi misle da moraju
da pročitaju uputstvo.
14:58
people feel like they have to readчитати the manualупутство.
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15:00
So I try to --
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Tako da pokušavam -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
15:03
-- I try to createстворити these very minimalминимално activitiesактивности
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- pokušavam da stvorim
minimalističke aktivnosti
15:06
that allowдозволите people to expressизразити themselvesсами, and, hopefullyНадајмо се --
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koje omogućavaju ljudima da se izraze,
i nadam se -
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whoaвхоа, I'm like -- on the pageстрана, but it doesn't existпостоје.
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vau, ja sam - na stranici,
ali ona ne postoji.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
15:21
It's, like -- seriouslyозбиљно, thoughипак --
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To je, kao - ali stvarno -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
15:27
I try to createстворити meaningfulсмислено environmentsокружења
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Pokušavam da stvorim smislena okruženja
15:29
for people to expressизразити themselvesсами.
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gde ljudi mogu da se izraze.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
15:32
Here I createdстворено a contestтакмичење calledпозвани, "When OfficeOffice SuppliesZalihe AttackNapad,"
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Ovde sam organizovao takmičenje,
"Kada napadne kancelarijski materijal",
15:36
whichкоја, I think, really resonatedрезонантно with the --
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za koje mislim da je zaista uspelo -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
15:39
workingрад populationпопулација.
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kod populacije koja radi.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
15:42
Over 500 entriesставке in threeтри weeksнедељама, toiletтоалет paperпапир fashionмода.
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Preko 500 prijava za tri nedelje,
moda toalet papira.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
15:51
Again, people from all over the countryземљу doing --
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Još jednom, ljudi iz cele države -
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the watch is particularlyпосебно incredibleневероватан.
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sat je naročito poseban.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
Alati za crtanje na internetu -
verovatno ste videli
15:58
OnlineNa mreži drawingцртеж toolsалати -- you've probablyвероватно seenвиђено a lot of them.
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16:00
I think they're wonderfulДивно.
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dosta njih. Mislim da su sjajni.
16:02
I think it's a chanceшанса for people to get to playигра with crayonsbojice
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Mislim da je to prilika
da se ljudi igraju
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and all that kindкинд of stuffствари. But I'm interestedзаинтересован in the processпроцес,
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voštanim bojicama i sličnim.
Ali zanima me proces,
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the processпроцес of creatingстварање, as the realправи eventдогађај that I'm interestedзаинтересован in.
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proces stvaranja, to je zapravo
događaj koji me interesuje.
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And the problemпроблем is that a lot of people suckсисати at drawingцртеж,
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Problem je što dosta ljudi
nema pojma da crta,
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and they get bummedutuиen out at this, sortврста of, you know, stickштап figureфигура,
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i ovo ih deprimira, taj čiča Gliša,
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awfulгрозно little thing that they createdстворено.
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to odvratno stvorenje koje su napravili.
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And eventuallyконачно, it just makesчини them stop playingиграње with it,
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To ih na kraju dovede do toga
da prestanu da se igraju time,
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or drawнацртати, you know, they drawнацртати penisespenise and things like that.
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ili crtaju stvari poput penisa i sličnog.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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So, the ScribblerPiskaralo is an attemptпокушај to createстворити a generativeгенеративе toolоруђе.
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Skribler je pokušaj da se napravi
generativna alatka.
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In other wordsречи, it's a helpingпомажући toolоруђе.
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Drugim rečima, to je alatka za pomoć.
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You can drawнацртати your simpleједноставно stickштап figureфигура, and then it collaboratessarađuje
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Možete nacrtati čiča Glišu,
i onda ona sarađuje sa vama
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with you to createстворити, sortврста of, like, a post-warпосле рата Germannemački etchingједкање.
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da napravite, recimo,
posleratnu nemačku gravuru.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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So you can -- in factчињеница, it's tunedподешен to be better at drawingцртеж things
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Možete - zapravo, podešen je
da bude bolji u crtanju
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that look worseгоре. So, we go aheadнапред, and we startпочетак scribblingpiskaram, and --
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stvari koje izgledaju gore.
Tako da krenemo sa crtanjem i -
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so the ideaидеја is that you can really,
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zamisao je da zaista možete,
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you know, partakeћurkati in this processпроцес,
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znate, da učestvujete u ovom procesu,
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but watch something really crappyцраппи look beautifulЛепа.
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ali i da gledate kako nešto
zaista loše izgleda predivno.
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And here are some of my favoritesOmiljene lokacije. This is the little trapzamka marionettemarioneta
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Evo mojih favorita.
Ovo je malena zamka marioneta
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that was submittedpredao to me. Here we are, very coolхладан.
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koju su mi poslali.
Evo ga, veoma je kul.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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DarlingDraga. BeautifulLepa stuffствари.
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Baš drago. Predivno je.
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I mean this is incredibleневероватан. This is an 11-year-old-година стар girlдевојка -- drewдрев this
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Ovo je zaista neverovatno.
Devojčica od 11 godina je nacrtala ovo
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and submittedpredao it. It's just gorgeousдиван.
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i poslala mi. Prelepo je.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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I'm -- I'm deadмртав seriousозбиљан here. I'm actuallyзаправо -- this is not a jokeшала.
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Ja sam smrtno ozbiljan.
Zapravo - ovo nije šala.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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But, I think, it's a -- it's a really funзабавно and wonderfulДивно thing.
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Ali mislim da -
da je to zabavna i divna stvar.
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So this is calledпозвани the "FictionFikcija ProjectProjekat." This is an onlineонлине spaceпростор,
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Ovo se zove "Projekat fikcije".
Ovo je prostor na internetu,
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whichкоја is -- it's basicallyу основи a refurbishedrenoviran messageпорука boardодбор, табла
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koji je - zapravo je našminkan forum
17:48
that encouragesohrabruje collaborativeсарадња fictionфикција writingписање.
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koji navodi ljude da zajedno pišu fikciju.
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These are haikushaikus.
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Ovo su haku pesme.
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NoneNiko nije of the haikushaikus were writtenнаписано by the sameисти personособа,
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Sve ih je pisala druga osoba,
i zapravo, nijedan stih nije -
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and in factчињеница, no lineлине was --
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you know, eachсваки lineлине is contributedдопринели by a differentразличит personособа
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znate, svaki stih je dodala druga osoba
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at a differentразличит -- at a differentразличит time.
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u drugačije vreme.
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I think that the "now tiedvezane up, tiedvezane down,
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Mislim da "Sada zavezan, privezan,
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mistressljubavnica cruelокрутно approachesприлази me, now tiedvezane down, it's up."
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okrutna gospodarica prilazi,
sada privezan, zavezan".
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It's -- it's an amazingНевероватно way, and I'll tell you,
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To je neverovatan način, kažem vam,
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if you come home, and your spouseсупруга, or whoeverма ко it is,
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ako dođete kući, i vaš bračni saputnik,
ili ko god, kaže:
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saysкаже, "Let's talk" -- that, like, chillsjeza you to the very coreјезгро.
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"Hajde da pričamo" -
od toga se naježite skroz.
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But it's peripheralпериферни activitiesактивности, like these,
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Ali usputne aktivnosti poput ove
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that allowдозволите people to get togetherзаједно, doing funзабавно things.
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omogućavaju ljudima da se udruže
i rade zabavne stvari.
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They actuallyзаправо get to know eachсваки other,
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Zapravo se upoznaju,
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and it's sortврста of like low-thresholdnizak prag peripheralпериферни activitiesактивности that I think are the keyкључ
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i mislim da su ove usputne aktivnosti
sa niskim pragom učestvovanja ključne
za isticanje našeg potencijala
za društveno vezivanje
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to bringingдоносећи up some of our bondingvezivanje socialсоцијално capitalглавни град
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that we're lackingнедостаје. And very, very quicklyбрзо --
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koji nam nedostaje - i veoma, veoma brzo -
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I love puppetslutke. Here'sEvo a puppetmarioneta.
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obožavam lutke. Evo lutke.
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It dancesplesovi to musicмузика. LotteLotte ReinigerRajniger,
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Pleše uz muziku. Lota Rajniger,
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an amazingНевероватно shadowSenka puppeteerLutkar in the '20s,
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neverovatni lutkar iz 1920-ih godina,
koji je počeo da radi
komplikovanije stvari.
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that startedпочела doing more elaborateелаборат things.
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I becameпостао interestedзаинтересован in puppetslutke,
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Zainteresovao sam se za lutke,
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and I just want to showсхов one last thing to you.
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i želim da vam pokažem
jednu poslednju stvar.
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Oh, this is how you make puppetslutke.
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Ovako se prave lutke.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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18:59
ChrisKris AndersonAnderson: LadiesDame and gentlemenгосподо, MrG.. ZeZe FrankFrank.
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Kris Anderson: Dame i gospodo, Ze Frenk.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Anja Saric

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

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