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Why is it that every conference has gone the full hog and decided
that you must sell keynotes? When I tried to watch the Whitman
Diffie keynote at BH EU, it was proceeded by a 30 minute Fortigate
infomercial. RSA had like 5 paid-for keynotes for every one real
keynote. Everyone who hasn't should watch <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7iM5CbBLBY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7iM5CbBLBY</a>
to see why this is a terrible idea. Even if the paid-for talks (and
they're not just keynotes!) were good, it should still be considered
an unacceptable way to run a technical conference.<br>
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Here's my promise about INFILTRATE 2013 - there will be no paid
talks. None. We choose talks solely based on technical content,
speaking skill, and amount of Buffy quotes.<br>
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Example (assuming you are speaking about some part of the industry
perhaps?):<br>
<dd style="line-height: 19px; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom:
0.1em; margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xander_Harris"
class="extiw" title="w:Xander Harris" style="text-decoration:
none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: none;
background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial;
background-clip: initial; background-color: initial;
background-position: initial initial; background-repeat:
initial initial; ">Xander</a></b>: Well, how about this: we
whip out the Ouija board, light a few candles, summon some ancient
unstoppable evil? Mayhem, mayhem, mayhem; we show up and and kick
its ass.</dd>
<dd style="line-height: 19px; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom:
0.1em; margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Giles" class="extiw"
title="w:Rupert Giles" style="text-decoration: none; color:
rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: none;
background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial;
background-clip: initial; background-color: initial;
background-position: initial initial; background-repeat:
initial initial; ">Giles</a></b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>[pauses to contemplate]</i>:
A wee bit unethical.</dd>
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-dave<br>
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