[OSGeo-Conf] Re: Keynote @ FOSS4G'07

[Arnulf Christl]

Sounds like I like his view point,
+1 from Arnulf. 

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> 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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