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We had a discussion about the original blog post over on IRC. I'm not going to tone down my talks (unless it's inappropriate for the audience) but I normally w
by lusis 15y ago
We had a discussion about the original blog post over on IRC.
I'm not going to tone down my talks (unless it's inappropriate for the audience) but I normally won't include it in a slide. There's a difference for me verbally and putting it down "on paper".
I want people to pass around my slide decks. A slide deck full of vulgarity is probably not going to get passed around. However I probably cussed like a sailor during the same presentation.
- gchucky 15y agoCan you link to the original blog post? I (and some other people, I'd wager) are out of the loop on this one.
- sinope 15y agoNot. Worth. Your. Time.
- fbuilesv 15y agoZach Holman (the author of this post) uploaded his slides for a talk he gave at a Ruby conference a couple of weeks ago. Some people, including Scott Hanselman, complained about talks including profanities (especifically the word "fucking" in a slide). The blog post by Hanselman is here: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ProfanityDoesntWork.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ProfanityDoesntWork.aspx Zach Holman slides are here: http://zachholman.com/talk/a-documentation-talk http://zachholman.com/talk/a-documentation-talk
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- jeremya 15y agoThere was also a blog post by Rob Conery here: http://wekeroad.com/2011/11/08/some-people-not-have-way http://wekeroad.com/2011/11/08/some-people-not-have-way And the HN discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3212694 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3212694