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Mike Edwards's avatar

Bravo! They have chosen the best person for the job! Please share any video that comes available. Sure would be nice to have the event live-streamed!?!

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Jason Chatfield's avatar

Thank you, Mike! I'll be sure to post the video if it doesn't involve me vanishing into a puddle of sweat.

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Robert Labossiere's avatar

Congrats. I know you'll do your homework, but some interesting facts. Leland Stanford was a lawyer who turned to business and became an industrialist (groceries). He was a prominent Republican, colleague of Abraham Lincoln, and named Stanford Junior University after his son, lost to typhoid in 1884. Most interesting to us "arty types," Stanford kept race horses and was fascinated by the horse's gait. He commissioned Eadweard Muybridge to take photos to try to capture the exact poppsition of the legs as the horse moved. The now famous "Horse in Motion" series was the result and significantly advanced both the technique of chronophotography and our understanding how horses run. It incidentally revolutionized how cowboy artists like Remington drew horses: mid-gallop all four legs are off the ground. Not unlike the bounding career of a certain cartoonist we know. 😂

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james paterson's avatar

Congratulations. You’re the the exact right person for this. I hope we get to hear it.

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Jason Chatfield's avatar

Thank you, James! I appreciate it.

I'll post the video if I can.

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Amy Makechnie's avatar

Awesome! Wish I could be in that audience.

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Jenifer Douglas's avatar

Congratulations!! 🎉🎉🎉

Inquiring minds—especially Morris’s—wonder how he will be entertained during your absence. 😂 I agree; pictures would be appreciated.

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Smart Girl Dumb Questions's avatar

… saw Chason Jatfield perform live once. You’re WAY better, they made 100% the right pick. Can’t wait to see it.

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Jason Chatfield's avatar

Thanks legend ;) x

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Adam Ming's avatar

Brilliant man! I had a chance to attend lectures there for a week in 2011, it feels like you’re standing in the middle of the universe. Big big congratulations! Will it be held in the D School?

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Celinda Evitt's avatar

You will undoubtedly knock it out of the park. You know more than most about the subject and have the tales and humor to make it come alive. Congratulations.

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Tim Mellish's avatar

Take a bow Jason, well done, you’ll have a ball.

I’d be interested in the link to watch live or replay.

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The Painted Picture House's avatar

Congratulations. It sounds like it's going to be a wonderful experience. 🙂

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Andi Penner's avatar

Congratulations! That's awesome. I hope there's some California sunshine waiting for you in Palo Alto, Dr. Jatfield. Are you taking Mr. Morris with you?

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Jason Chatfield's avatar

Thank you, Andi!

Mr Morris will be staying with Uncle Paulie, who spoils him terribly.

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Janice Driver's avatar

Congratulations! Well deserved!

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Jason Chatfield's avatar

Thanks so much, Janice. Always appreciate your support :)

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Kelly Zemnickis's avatar

I am never not going to call you Chason Jatfield from now on.

Also, CONGRATS!

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Jason Chatfield's avatar

Thank you, Kelly! Haha please never stop calling me that.

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Samantha Dion Baker's avatar

Ha, definitely not an error and no need to be nervous, you will be amazing! Congrats, Jason!

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Jason Chatfield's avatar

Thank you :) Fingers crossed I can get a sentence out without my voice breaking.

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Tully Minoski's avatar

w00t w00t - way to go, Jason - well deserved!

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Margreet de Heer's avatar

Wait what, Chason Jatfield might be coming to Stanford? I must see HIM!

;)

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