It's basic etiquette to not interrupt someone in that manner if they have the podium. Even if he was right, he should've waited. Real douche move to do that to someone's entire presentation.
I'm all for speaking your mind in public, and standing up for an opinion, but timing is everything. Yehuda Katz has poor timing.
I think this post paints a one-sided picture of the worst sort.
The user groups I've been to are very informal and relaxed. "The Podium" may have just been "the chair at a table next to the projector" and "redoing the demo" may have been borne from a group discussion where there was enough interest from everyone (possibly including the speaker) for Yehuda to plug in and demo his way. Yehuda is well known for his contributions, I can't imagine any group not being interested in what he had to say on the matter.
We don't know and we shouldn't judge based on this incredibly vague and incendiary post from a bystander. It would hold more merit if it was at least the original speaker complaining.
You read ONE side of the story. Maybe the programmer ended up butt-hurt that someone corrected him and wanted revenge. In any case, don't use such strange language until BOTH sides of the affair have provided their recollection of the events.
If he was at a local user group in the first place, then I'd say his timing was awesome, cause despite his obvious rockstar status in the community, he still spends time helping and creating at the base level, and he should be thanked for that.
Posts from TC/Pando/Anyone affiliated with either shouldn't be allowed on Hacker News. There has not been a single post from either site that is of any use to us here.
They are biased. They are cry babies. They want attention. Stop giving it to them. TC & Pando stories should be banned from HN.
Add.: Maybe it's my introverted nature, but it really seems that this industry is heading to a place where if you aren't a complete arrogant ass without shame who can strut around going "Look at me I'm so cool! Look what I do!", your project won't get any mainstream attention. It makes me sad.
Then there needs to be an alternative. Anything Arrington, Lacy, etc. are affiliated with will be plagued with corruption, terrible writers, and self-important nonsense.
There doesn't need to be an alternative if what we have now is effective for YC companies. This isn't a moral issue. You might have an easier time finding an alternative to HN.
it really seems that this industry is heading to a place where if you aren't a complete arrogant ass without shame who can strut around going "Look at me I'm so cool! Look what I do!", your project won't get any mainstream attention. It makes me sad.
I don't think that's "this industry", I think it's "every industry". And I'm not sure it's a new thing, either.
The fact that the tech industry has given them the power to "make or break" startups is insane. These people are horrible writers, and the fact that anyone gives them the time of day is insane. Posts from TC, Pando, and the like, AND posts about them, shouldn't be allowed on HN.
This is an article that needed to be written. Tech shouldn't be a popularity contest like the attention-deprived "journalists" that were called out in the article. The whole lot of them have a psychological disorder that needs treatment, probably stemming from lack of attention from their peers in high school.
It's fairly clear that the information in TC and/or Pando is biased. Neither should be supported, ever. Stop the popularity contest that these people are turning our passion into!
Installing Rails on OSX is trivial. If one really needs this process streamlined, maybe you shouldn't be coding? Or maybe you should just stop using a computer?
Similar to the Svbtle drama, this is yet another post lingering on the front page that has no business here.
I thought this was hacker news. Seems more like "check out my super cool project that you can't use unless you're awesome or you pay me" news. :(
Hands down the funniest thing I've read in a while.