Re: PGCon 2008 RFP

On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:29:53PM -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:21 PM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
>
> > > No one puts the title of their session on every slide, so the
> > > basis of your argument, that the slides themselves help you
> > > determine which presentation you're in, seems bogus to me.
> >
> > It doesn't seem bogus to me, and I clocked about 200,000 miles
> > last year doing presentations, the vast majority of which were
> > quite popular.
>
> That sounds like shameless self-promotion. How is your statement
> relevant to anything mentioned?

It establishes my credentials when I state an opinion on
presentations.

> > > While the choice lies in the hands of the PGCon organizers, it
> > > probably wouldn't hurt for JD to put up another poll like he did
> > > for PG East planning.
> >
> > Actually, it would. Those of us that have some experience on this
> > matter think it's a rotten idea.
>
> Then you could vote... just like everyone else :)

You're acting as though this were some kind of vaguely good idea where
an up-or-down vote on it is a small matter. It's not.

Cheers,
David.
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