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Debugging conference anti-harassment policiesDebugging conference anti-harassment policiesPosted Feb 1, 2011 9:36 UTC (Tue) by roc (subscriber, #30627)In reply to: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies by niner Parent article: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies
There's a way to avoid sidetracks: don't try to provoke people with language and images that aren't needed to make your point.
Newsflash: people give talks about Very Important Subjects ALL THE TIME without using the word "fuck" and without displaying images that could be taken the wrong way. There are many ways to give a memorable talk; going for shock value is a cheap hack.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8860158196198824...
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Debugging conference anti-harassment policies Posted Feb 3, 2011 9:51 UTC (Thu) by mitchskin (subscriber, #32405) [Link] The imagery he used was specifically relevant to the point that he was trying to make, though. This wasn't like having booth babes just to turn heads in your direction, which I would agree is cheap and manipulative. This is different--it's not just a talk about "Very Important Subjects", it's a talk specifically about privacy and control. And the images that he used were not titillating, but specifically about information that one would want to control and keep private.Having read the text and the presentation, I agree with the people here who are calling it appropriate and relevant to the point of the talk.
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