Thinking Outside of the Box
I don’t know why I don’t write more about business, finances or projects, but maybe this is the start.. who knows..
What I do know is that I sat in a great talk this weekend by my good friend Steve Zehngut, Founder and CTO of Zeek Interactive. To get a sense of how awesome they are just check out their Google tagline:
Have you noticed anything new on WordPress.org lately? I have.
Right smack on the front page there is a new ad for a MarketPlace that is 100% GPL compliant, well, at least what I like to call WordPress GPL Compliant. And yes, there is a distinction, but that’s a story for another day.
I actually meant to write about this, last week I think, when I first saw signs of stink unfolding on the #dramapress train (courtesy of Brad) and got consumed with life. This evening it came up again on our favorite show, DradCast, in which Matt Mullenweg co-hosted the show with the two banditos we love to hate and hate to love – Brad and Dre. You can catch the full show here.
This was an interesting year for me when it comes to WordCamp San Diego.
It was the third one being held in the city and the first in which I was not involved. I have to admit, it was odd but pleasant. I remember a conversation in which someone told me that WordCamp organizers are perhaps the most under-appreciated volunteers in the WordPress eco-system, and I have to admit they probably are. Having been part of the organizing team for the first two I know first hand the obstacles they face and have to overcome to be successful. Which is also one of the reasons I am volunteering to help the WordCamp Guidelines committee.
In a few short words, “Thank you organizers for a job well done!!”
Speaking of which, if you haven’t, I encourage you to take a minute to take our public survey on the guidelines here: http://make.wordpress.org/events/2013/03/08/wordcamp-guidelines-report-5/
I was promoted this evening at Yamashita Karate to the 7th Kyu Blue belt in Shorin Ryu Karate-do.
After today, a lot.
While I was sitting there waiting in the waiting room, how ironic, I came across a bunch of hustle and bustle on the twitter-sphere about some craziness at PyCon. If you’re not familiar with PyCon, it’s a conference for Python folks, want more? Google it.
In any event, the skinny of it simple. Ms Adria Richards got offended by a couple of knuckleheads that were making some “possibly” offensive remarks, although humorous, about forking and dongels. I mean, really, who hasn’t made those jokes by now?
In any event, she decided to take matters into her own hands and outlined the events in her blog post, Forking and Dongle Jokes Don’t Belong At Tech Conferences.
Now, at first glance, although I didn’t want to, I felt a bit sympathetic, although annoyed as hell. In any event, she decided to go, what I like to call High and to the Right with things and put these knuckleheads on blast by tweeting this out:
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