Be Professional or Be Edgy: How Context Can Keep Everyone Happy

Courtesy Ruby Inside  Mon, 04/27/2009 - 10:02

poe3.pngThere's a bit of a kerfuffle (?

) over a CouchDB presentation by Matt Aimonetti at the Golden Gate Ruby Conference a week ago.

It's edgy; buttocks, viagra, staged group sex, a transvestite. Sarah Allen considered it disturbing , Sarah Mei felt unsafe , David Heinemeier Hansson didn't mind , Peter Szinek thinks our community is (still) a ghetto, and Audrey Eschright found it unprofessional .

Some turned it into...


 

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