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EclipseCon site looks like a freak show [message #14742]

Wed, 22 October 2008 08:50

Neil Bartlett
Messages: 93
Registered: July 2009

Member

Guys,

First I should say that I think the choice of keynoters this year is
great. I just want to complain about a very minor cosmetic issue: the
speaker photos on the main EclipseCon page are WEIRD.

Specifically Jeff Atwood is wearing a long blonde wig and women's
clothing, and Don MacAskill is wearing some kind of wrestling make-up.

I don't mind this myself, but it's likely to make things harder for
people who need to persuade their bosses to let them attend EclipseCon
on the basis that it is a professional technical conference. Also in
some cultures, transvestitism and aggressive facepaint may cause
offence. Please could some more conventional photographs of these
speakers be used?

(Incidentally if that's really Kevin McGuire's natural hair then he may
wish to consider getting a Clay Shirky hairdo...)

Regards
Neil

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Re: EclipseCon site looks like a freak show [message #14802 is a reply to message #14742]

Wed, 22 October 2008 11:03

Bjorn Freeman-Benson is currently offline

Bjorn Freeman-Benson
Messages: 336
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Neil,
Those are the pictures the keynote speakers chose to use to advertise
themselves. I admit that it's a bit odd - perhaps Scott can use your
post to convince them to provide more normal photos. Or perhaps we can
just take their pictures off the site and replace them "no picture".

- Bjorn

Neil Bartlett wrote:
> Guys,
>
> First I should say that I think the choice of keynoters this year is
> great. I just want to complain about a very minor cosmetic issue: the
> speaker photos on the main EclipseCon page are WEIRD.
>
> Specifically Jeff Atwood is wearing a long blonde wig and women's
> clothing, and Don MacAskill is wearing some kind of wrestling make-up.
>
> I don't mind this myself, but it's likely to make things harder for
> people who need to persuade their bosses to let them attend EclipseCon
> on the basis that it is a professional technical conference. Also in
> some cultures, transvestitism and aggressive facepaint may cause
> offence. Please could some more conventional photographs of these
> speakers be used?
>
> (Incidentally if that's really Kevin McGuire's natural hair then he may
> wish to consider getting a Clay Shirky hairdo...)
>
> Regards
> Neil
>

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Re: EclipseCon site looks like a freak show [message #503606 is a reply to message #14742]

Mon, 14 December 2009 17:55

Shawn Spiars
Messages: 22
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

The keynote speakers photos look fairly normal this year.
Maybe the conference attendance will pick up as it has a more
professional appearance?

Neil Bartlett wrote:
> Guys,
>
> First I should say that I think the choice of keynoters this year is
> great. I just want to complain about a very minor cosmetic issue: the
> speaker photos on the main EclipseCon page are WEIRD.
>
> Specifically Jeff Atwood is wearing a long blonde wig and women's
> clothing, and Don MacAskill is wearing some kind of wrestling make-up.
>
> I don't mind this myself, but it's likely to make things harder for
> people who need to persuade their bosses to let them attend EclipseCon
> on the basis that it is a professional technical conference. Also in
> some cultures, transvestitism and aggressive facepaint may cause
> offence. Please could some more conventional photographs of these
> speakers be used?
>
> (Incidentally if that's really Kevin McGuire's natural hair then he may
> wish to consider getting a Clay Shirky hairdo...)
>
> Regards
> Neil
>

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Re: EclipseCon site looks like a freak show [message #504203 is a reply to message #503606]

Thu, 17 December 2009 06:38

Lynn Gayowski
Messages: 364
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

If not, perhaps we can insert photos from the Foundation staff page: http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/staff.php. Talk about your freak shows! Smile

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