+\documentclass[xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer}
+
+% set up the file to create notes in the output PDFs
+\usepackage{pgfpages}
+\input{notes.config}
+
+\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ugm}
+\usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
+
+\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}
+\usepackage{relsize}
+
+\usepackage{ucs}
+\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+
+% add tikz and a bunch of tikz foo
+\usepackage{tikz}
+\usetikzlibrary{shapes,shapes.misc,backgrounds,fit,positioning}
+\tikzstyle{every picture}+=[overlay,remember picture]
+
+% add functions to circle parts of slides (e.g., in tables)
+\newcommand\marktopleft[1]{%
+ \tikz[overlay,remember picture]
+ \node (marker-#1-a) at (0,1.5ex) {};%
+}
+\newcommand\markbottomright[1]{%
+ \tikz[overlay,remember picture]
+ \node (marker-#1-b) at (0,0) {};%
+ \tikz[overlay,remember picture,dashed,inner sep=3pt]
+ \node[violet!75,ultra thick,draw,rounded rectangle,fit=(marker-#1-a.center) (marker-#1-b.center)] {};%
+}
+
+% DEPRECATED function to build a huge centered dropshadow
+\newcommand\dropshadow[3]{%
+ \node[black!30!white] at (#1+0.1,#2-0.1) {
+ \scalebox{2}{\Huge \textbf{#3}}
+ };
+ \node at (#1,#2) {
+ \scalebox{2}{\Huge \e{#3}}
+ };
+}
+
+% more flexible non-tikz alternative with no dropshadow
+\newlength{\centertxtlen}
+\makeatletter
+\newcommand\centertext[2]{%
+ \setlength{\centertxtlen}{#1}%
+ \setlength{\centertxtlen}{0.35\centertxtlen}%
+ {\centering
+ \fontsize{#1}{2\centertxtlen}\selectfont
+ \e{#2}
+
+ }
+}
+
+
+% add function to stop numbering appendix slides
+\newcommand{\backupbegin}{
+ \newcounter{framenumberappendix}
+ \setcounter{framenumberappendix}{\value{framenumber}}
+}
+\newcommand{\backupend}{
+ \addtocounter{framenumberappendix}{-\value{framenumber}}
+ \addtocounter{framenumber}{\value{framenumberappendix}}
+}
+
+% packages i use in essentially every document
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage{url}
+% \usepackage{dcolumn}
+% \usepackage{booktabs}
+
+% replace footnotes with symbols instead of numbers
+\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
+\usepackage{perpage}
+\MakePerPage{footnote}
+
+%% BEAMER THEME STUFF
+\usetheme[pageofpages=/,% String used between the current page and the
+ % total page count.
+ bullet=default,% Use circles instead of squares for bullets.
+ titleline=false,% Show a line below the frame title.
+ alternativetitlepage=true,% Use the fancy title page.
+ titlepagelogo=figures/logo.pdf,% Logo for the first page.
+ %watermark=watermark-polito,% Watermark used in every page.
+ watermarkheight=100px,% Height of the watermark.
+ watermarkheightmult=4,% The watermark image is 4 times bigger
+ % than watermarkheight.
+ ]{Torino}
+
+\usecolortheme{mako}
+\useinnertheme{rectangles}
+%\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[rounded][]
+\setbeamercolor{block title}{bg=makopurple3, fg=White}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{items}[default]
+\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[shadow=true]
+
+\usepackage{tcolorbox}
+% These options will be applied to all `tcolorboxes`
+\tcbset{%
+ noparskip,
+ colback=makopurple5, %background color of the box
+ colframe=makopurple1, %color of frame and title background
+ coltext=black, %color of body text
+ coltitle=white, %color of title text
+ arc=0em,
+ left=0.1em,
+ right=0.1em,
+ fonttitle=\bfseries,
+ alerted/.style={coltitle=red,
+ colframe=gray!40},
+ example/.style={coltitle=black,
+ colframe=green!20,
+ colback=green!5},
+ }
+
+
+%\useoutertheme{infolines}
+%\usepackage[breaklinks]{hyperref}
+
+\hypersetup{colorlinks=true, linkcolor=Black, citecolor=Black, filecolor=makopurple1,
+ urlcolor=Plum, unicode=true}
+
+% create a boldface version of the header
+\setbeamerfont{frametitle}{series=\bfseries}
+\setbeamerfont{title}{series=\bfseries}
+
+% tweak the beamer font to make it a bit lists a bit smaller
+\setbeamerfont*{itemize/enumerate body}{size=\small}
+\setbeamerfont*{itemize/enumerate subbody}{size=\footnotesize}
+\setbeamerfont*{itemize/enumerate subsubbody}{size=\footnotesize}
+
+% indent the margins of the itemize lists a little bit
+\setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
+\setlength{\leftmargini}{0.7cm}
+\setlength{\leftmarginii}{0.7cm}
+
+% create a new \e{} command to make things purple and bold
+\newcommand{\e}[1]{\textcolor{makopurple1}{\textbf{#1}}}
+
+% remove the nagivation symbols
+\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
+
+\title{Presentation Title}
+% \subtitle{Presentation Subtitle}
+\author[Benj. Mako Hill]{\textbf{Benjamin Mako Hill}\\ mako@mit.edu}
+
+\institute[MIT/Harvard]{\textbf{Massachusetts Institute of Technology}\\
+ Sloan School of Management\\
+ MIT Media Lab\\
+ \hspace{1pt}\\
+ \textbf{Harvard University}\\
+ Berkman Center for Internet and Society}
+
+\date{December 2, 1980}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+% remove some of the space in the itemize to make it quite compact
+\let\olditemize\itemize
+\renewcommand\itemize{\olditemize\itemsep-1pt}
+
+%% SLIDE: Title Slide
+\begin{frame}[plain]
+
+ \begin{tikzpicture}
+ \node at (current page.center) [xshift=-3.5cm, yshift=0.5cm, opacity=0.4]
+ {\includegraphics[height=\paperheight]{figures/wikimedia_projects.png}};
+
+
+ \node at (current page.south east)
+ [anchor=south east,text width=1.8\paperwidth,align=right,color=black]
+ {
+ {\spaceskip 0.3em%
+ \fontsize{2.5em}{2.5em}
+ \selectfont {\bf \color{makopurple4} The State of Wikimedia\\
+ Research: 2012-2013} \par}
+
+ \vspace{1em}
+
+ {\spaceskip 0.3em%
+ \fontsize{2.0em}{2.1em}
+ \selectfont {\bf \color{black} Benjamin Mako Hill\\
+ Wikimania 2013, Hong Kong\\
+ August 6, 2013} \par}
+
+ };
+ \end{tikzpicture}
+
+ \input{vc}
+ \tikz[overlay,shift=(current page.south west)]{\node [xshift=5.6em,yshift=0.5em]{\colorbox{makopurple1}{\color{white} \tt \smaller \smaller \smaller revision:\ \VCRevision\ (\VCDateTEX)}};}
+
+\end{frame}
+
+
+
+\end{document}