this is not the droid you are looking for

"The first 10 guys who hit on me also went out with my brother. Thats not homophobic, thats just creepy" -- Ryan Alexander

In fairness they do look alike.

tags : Barcamp, Barcamp Dublin, Ryan Alexander, bears, overheard

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

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