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Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
From: Jacob Kaplan-Moss <jacob.kaplanm...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:56:39 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Mar 16 2008 11:56 am
Subject: Re: Pycon disappointment
On Mar 16, 6:10 am, Bruce Eckel <lists.ec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> But it gets worse. The lightning talks, traditionally the best, newest Thanks for being harsh here, Bruce. I've been responsible for > and edgiest part of the conference, were also sold like commercial air > time. organizing the lightning talks at PyCon over the past few years and Saturday's talks -- where a grand total of four community talks were given between twelve sponsor talks -- was the low point. I volunteer to run the lightning talks because they're usually by *far* my favorite time of the conference. Yesterday wasn't. > What was supremely frustrating was discovering that the people wanting Tell me about it. I felt like crap putting up a sign-up sheet with > to give REAL lightning talks had been pushed off the end of the list > by this guarantee to vendors. We didn't get to see the good stuff, the > real stuff, because that time had been sold. four names on it. Again, thanks for your harsh words, Bruce. Needed to be said. Jacob You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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