[OSGeo-Conf] Re: Keynote @ FOSS4G'07
Paul Ramsey
pramsey at refractions.net
Tue Jan 9 11:39:24 EST 2007
All,
I have inquired with Damian Conway about doing the opening keynote at
FOSS4G. In particular, I thought this talk
<http://damian.conway.org/Seminars//GeekEye.html> would have broad
appeal to our mixed attendance of geeks and suits, and be a bit
educational as well as entertaining. (Those of us who have seen Conway
talk can vouch for the entertainment quality and mind-bending content
quality as well. Google also agrees.)
Any violent disagreement to this idea?
Paul
Damian Conway wrote:
>
> Thanks for your enquiry regarding my giving a keynote at FOSS4G. I'm
> deeply honoured that you would ask me, especially considering that my
> knowledge of matters geospatial could be comfortably accommodated on a
> very small postage stamp. ;-)
>
> That limitation notwithstanding, I'd be delighted to speak at your
> conference.
>
> I agree that "Geek Eye" would be ideal, though another keynote that I've
> developed recently--"Sex and Violence: Social and Technical Lessons from
> the Perl 6 Project"
> <http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/SexViolence.html>--might also be
> adapted to have broad appeal for your attendees. In that talk I explore
> 14 lessons (7 social, 7 technical) in Open Source project management
> that we learnt the hard way during the development of the Perl 6 language.
>
...
>
> I'll tentatively block out 9/24 to 9/27 in my calendar until you let me
> know if you'd still like me to speak at FOSS4G.
>
> All the best and thanks again for your invitation,
>
> Damian
>
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