[eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Re: EclipseCon site looks lik

[Scott Rosenbaum <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil,

Thanks for the feedback on the quality of the speakers.

In terms of the speaker pictures: I am still waiting on Kevin's official 
publicity mugshot, once you see Kevin dressed up as a dancing bear I think it 
will all make sense.

Okay, so much for my lame sense of humor.

Don MacAskill's company smugmug had a makeup artist come in and do photos of the 
entire staff in super-hero makeup.  When seen in the context of their web site, 
it makes sense and is actually quite compelling for a photo sharing company. 
When I asked Don directly, he assured me that this is the photo that he would 
like to use.  I don't feel comfortable going back and asking him to re-consider.

Imagine my surprise when Jeff Atwood sent in his picture and he was dressed up 
like a Dee Snyder wanna be.  I think this may be a result of Jeff being swamped 
with his new web site and a baby on the way.  Of course it could be that he just 
is not into the whole publicity photo thing.

My feeling is that we should try and embrace the fact that these keynotes are a 
little different.  I am just trying to figure out how we can use the speakers 
photos as a way to highlight that.  Perhaps a hover over effect where we swap 
the images between the speakers?  I am open to ideas.

If the rest of the PC (copied) feel that it would be more appropriate for a more 
conventional photo from Jeff, I am happy to make the request.  I am also happy 
to lose the pictures completely, or make them smaller.

So a +1 if you want me to approach Jeff about changing his picture.  If you have 
a different idea

Scott


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