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Comment on On Hold With Rogers by Boris

Boris — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:34:41 +0000

This sounds like a great idea for cases like this: http://fonolo.com/

Comment on Rogers Customer Service… I Forgot How Much I Hated You by Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:42:04 +0000

Oh well, you can always go back to the Nokia N91 with it’s massive 4GB HDD if your iPhone needs sending back.

Comment on EclipseCon Policy… Is There One? by pookzilla

pookzilla — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:05:54 +0000

Bjorn: a policy like isn’t so much for the offender but for the offended. It’s a clear articulation for the offended that the conference organizers don’t think it’s acceptable and that someone will listen if there is a complaint. It also tells them who to talk to, which isn’t always clear. It doesn’t make your job any easier, but that’s not necessarily its purpose…

Wayne: awesome! Way to be proactive, man.

Comment on Everything That Happens Will Happen Today by Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:43:15 +0000

I’ve been listening to the site for about a week now. It’s on my buy list.

Comment on EclipseCon Policy… Is There One? by Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:42:20 +0000

Hi Kim. This makes me sick and angry. To think that this sort of Neanderthal behaviour exists at EclipseCon…

I will volunteer to work on a policy and procedures for dealing with this sort of thing.

Comment on EclipseCon Policy… Is There One? by Bjorn Freeman-Benson

Bjorn Freeman-Benson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:16:49 +0000

You are correct that we do not have written guidelines on interpersonal relations on the EclipseCon or Eclipse Summit Europe websites. (a) I’m not sure it would help (because the kind of people who behavior inappropriately tend not to follow rules anyway); (b) it would be hard to be complete and I’m sure those people would use the incompleteness as an excuse; and (c) I’m not sure I’m the right person to write them anyway.

However, if you, or any other person of any gender, have issues with other people at either of our conference, you can contact Mike or myself or any of the “blue shirts” (who happen to be all women). I have escorted people off the premises a couple of times already for various reasons and I will not hesitate to do it again. (In one case, I even took the issue up with the person’s manager and I know that **** hit the fan.)

Inappropriate behavior is wrong, written guidelines or not.

Comment on EclipseCon Policy… Is There One? by Jared

Jared — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:06:16 +0000

Great idea. Personally as a male game and tech conference attendee, it’s generally less an issue for me. However, as my daughters grow up and may eventually become conference go-ers, it would be wonderful to have these kinds of safegaurds in place.

It seems kind of like affirmative action… as in provisions should be in place at least until the conditions change sufficiently. Such that a policy should be reviewed periodicaly. Although, throughout history this deviant strand of males seems to always be present.

Maybe in 20 years the gender proportions would balance out creating an environment that has a natural defense.

Anyways nice post.

Comment on EclipseCon Policy… Is There One? by Antoine

Antoine — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:58:50 +0000

Ok, I propose to open a Bugzilla entry for this, and write up something so such things don’t happen.

Here is the link to the bug:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=245309

Comment on iPhone - Week N by Chris Lamothe

Chris Lamothe — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:19:56 +0000

That’s discouraging. I’ve got the original 8gb model, and after being disappointed enough with Rogers’ internet setup (three billing issues in three months) I switched to Pay as You Go (free call display, voicemail and no monthly network fee means I save at least $20 right off the bat!). Of course I’m lucky enough to have free wifi at home, work, local bar and local movie theatre.

Comment on I… I… I Need This by Chris Recoskie

Chris Recoskie — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:12:54 +0000

I think it’s Mork’s chair from Mork & Mindy