The Nutter Lottery

During the Panel discussion at Barcamp Dublin, the Kathy Sierra incident came up...

"Every [blog] reader is a lottery ticket... but a lottery you don't want to win" -- Ryan Alexander

"If you offer yor opinions to the world, people will offer theirs back" -- Darren Barefoot
"There used to be a level of fame starting with A-List and ending with the college professor with a few hundred students that knew him. Well thanks to blogs, you can have more readers than that traditional bottom level" -- Darren Barefoot

"Far worse happens on a software development board than ever happened on a social blog" -- Karlin Lillington

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overheard, Barcamp, Barcamp Dublin, Kathy Sierra, Ryan Alexander, Darren Barefoot, Karlin Lillington

It's alive I tell you

"things live for ever on the web, the internet never forgets"

"blogs are authentic and transparent, but corporate blogs rarely are"

Darren Barefoot

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overheard, Darren Barefoot, Barcamp

Bear attack

Thanks to Damien I have a bit of explaining to do. The bears that he is alluding to are this type rather than this type

And on that note, here is How to Escape From A Bear on YouTube.

The video was put together by playwright, techie and marketing guy (how oftern do you get that combination) Darren Barefoot and his wife (I think) Julie as part of a Worst Case Scenario Handbook contest.

Oddly I know people who make the same noises while playing (and loosing) on the computer.

take care,
Will



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fluffy, Damien Mulley, bears, How to Escape From A Bear, YouTube, Darren Barefoot, Worst Case Scenario Handbook, video