On Friday, 23 March 2012 at 18:39, Sarah Stierch wrote:
Hi everyone. I wanted to share a blog that came across
my radar today. I've always been one to channel my rage into action, more than
comfortably verbally expressing myself through blogs. So, it's always nice when I read
a blog that basically verbalizes my own personal frustrations and rage, and well, I
didn't have to write it. :)
Thanks, Sarah. "Rage" might be a bit too strong a description. More
"gasping open-mouthed at unashamed idiocy". ;-)
Just as background for the post: I've been involved with planning BarCamp London.
Things like BarCamp and hack day events tend to be run by clueful people who see exactly
why things like 'booth babes' are a bad idea.
It is precisely when those type of events exhibit cluelessness that it is a problem. I
expect the big sales events to have booth babes, but that's because the audience is
different. They are selling primarily to male businessmen, whereas BarCamps and hack days
are designed for an audience of the actual technical people who do the work, specifically
the subset of those who are dedicated or weird or passionate enough to spend their
weekends talking about their geeky obsessions.
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Tom Morris
<http://tommorris.org/>