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0 pointscapableweb2y ago0 comments

So now there are two stories from the one of the sides, is there any stories from the other sides? Namely, from the people who felt so "uncomfortable" about a technical topic that they had to uninvite a keynote speaker?

As things stand, this whole things smells very weird, so weird I almost cannot believe what happened, so would be most interesting to hear what the other side has to say.

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revelio2y ago

Reading between the lines, they were uncomfortable about the implication that keynote speech = product direction, for a talk that they didn't want to be perceived as a product direction. Seems like something that can be fixed with a disclaimer slide or maybe better decision making up front.

kibwen2y ago

Not yet, though to be fair, it is Memorial Day weekend and this emerged on Friday evening.

exadeci2y ago

His blog is call The pasture and has a bunch of sheep looking characters, could it be that people got uncomfortable about his furry implications maybe?

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