[news.eclipse.eclipsecon] Re: EclipseCon site looks like a freak show

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson <bjorn.freeman-benson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil,
Those are the pictures the keynote speakers chose to use to advertise 
themselves. I admit that it's a bit odd - perhaps Scott can use your 
post to convince them to provide more normal photos.  Or perhaps we can 
just take their pictures off the site and replace them "no picture".

- Bjorn

Neil Bartlett wrote:
> Guys,
>
> First I should say that I think the choice of keynoters this year is 
> great. I just want to complain about a very minor cosmetic issue: the 
> speaker photos on the main EclipseCon page are WEIRD.
>
> Specifically Jeff Atwood is wearing a long blonde wig and women's 
> clothing, and Don MacAskill is wearing some kind of wrestling make-up.
>
> I don't mind this myself, but it's likely to make things harder for 
> people who need to persuade their bosses to let them attend EclipseCon 
> on the basis that it is a professional technical conference. Also in 
> some cultures, transvestitism and aggressive facepaint may cause 
> offence. Please could some more conventional photographs of these 
> speakers be used?
>
> (Incidentally if that's really Kevin McGuire's natural hair then he may 
> wish to consider getting a Clay Shirky hairdo...)
>
> Regards
> Neil