Comments on: I want to meet Cameron Purdy ;-) Who do you want to meet?

By: Cameron Purdy

Cameron Purdy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:09:28 +0000

Wow, it’s pretty funny to see one’s name in such a context. I am glad you liked the presentation. When we meet, hopefully I will be as funny as I was in the presentation ;-) As for the others on your list:

* Crazy Bob is a lot of fun, and can truly be quite crazy (what happens in Vegas, …). Unbelievably bright (despite his attempt to fool you into thinking that he’s just a crazy idiot), and occasionally very thoughtful and introspective ..

* Cedric is (as you can see from the comment above) a great friend to keep one humble. He may pretend to be caustic at times, but he’s actually a softy (American: he’s just a teddy bear) and I have long enjoyed his unique (and interesting) personality even though he usually is looking for ways to use his intellect to put me down ..

* Rickard is quite enjoyable to sit and talk with on a range of topics. Quiet confidence, excellent humor and a brain that contains as much knowledge as opinion ..

This industry has a lot of fun characters, most of whom are very accessible (you can just walk up at a conference and say “hi”).

Peace,

Cameron.

By: stephan

stephan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:20:59 +0000

Me to ;-)

By: nlotz

nlotz — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:12:17 +0000

I would have wanted to meet Larry Ellison right after Camerons Talk … =)

By: french_c

french_c — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:10:35 +0000

Did you move into the new office yet?

By: stephan

stephan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:26:33 +0000

I’ve met warg for 10min 10min ago :-) Well and eac …. otherwise, me too!

By: french_c

french_c — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:05:08 +0000

Since it’s summer in Berlin right now I would love to meet warg, eac, kosch and funzel again. What do you think?

By: Kirk

Kirk — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:11:46 +0000

Hey! he stole the first slide that I use in all of my presentations. I can’t wait until I meet him also ;-) The kids book theme is just rocks. This ranks as one of the best presentations that I’ve seen for both technical information and entertainment value.

By: stephan

stephan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:48:47 +0000

@Anjan: matt raible, of course! Forgot him.

I think I couldn’t get along with Linux and DHH and Stallman because of their style, and I’m not very interested in Bill – there is still this -perhaps wrong – innovation-copy image in my head.

By: Cedric

Cedric — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:43:26 +0000

I’ve met Cameron. I was disappointed.

By: anjan bacchu

anjan bacchu — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:54:34 +0000

Hi there,

all the above

PLUS

1) richard stallman/gosling : for emacs
2) gosling : java
3) matt raible : appfuse
4) DHH : rails
5) Linus : Linux
6) Bill Gates : Dos

BR,
~A