Re: [guadec-list] Keynotes to invite

[David Bolter <dtb gnome org>]

Sorry I didn't suggest this earlier, and I'm not sure how off the beaten 
path you want to go but... how about someone who is deeply into software 
development methodology?  Just throwing it out there... maybe scrum guy 
Ken Schwaber?  (sample: 
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7230144396191025011)

cheers,
D
Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to get a prospect list of keynotes we should work on inviting
> to GUADEC. First things first, check out the discussions last year and
> the year before:
>
> 2007: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/guadec-list/2006-December/msg00003.html
> (and in guadec-planning):
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/private/guadec-planning/2007-January/msg00010.html
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/private/guadec-planning/2007-January/msg00000.html
>
> 2006 (in GUADEC planning):
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/private/guadec-planning/2005-December/msg00009.html
>
> The names that came out last year (brainstorm mode, no names eliminated
> yet):
>
> Some kind of conclusion list:
>   
> > * Design
> > Don Norman, Alan Cooper, Scott Berkun.
> >
> > * Blogoshpere
> > Doc Searls, Don Marti, Steven O'Grady
> >
> > * Technical
> > Joel Spolsky, Eric Sink, Mirco Mueller
> >
> > * Business
> > Ari Jaaski, Jonathan Schwarz
> >
> > * Misc
> > Seth Godin, Jono Bacon, JP Rangaswami, Linda Stone, Hugh McCleod
> >
> > * Customer
> > A big / notable user of Gnome. Bastien seemed confident that he could scare up some options here. 
> >     
>
> >From Christian Schaller:
>   
> > * Lawrence Lessig (software patents, very relevant with novell & MS
> > deal)
> > * Pamela Jones (Groklaw fame, fallback for Lessig?) 
> > * John Carmack  (linux desktop as a gaming platform)
> > * Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu or linux desktop 3rd world)
> > * Miguel de Icaza (Mono?)
> > * Guido van Rossum (Python for the desktop)
> > * James Gosling (Java and the free desktop, java GPL, GTK L/F)
> > * Larry Page or Sergey Brin - Linux desktops at Google/Google and free
> > desktop integration)
> > * Richard Taylor - GNOME at Weta Digital (no idea if that is a fact)
> >     
>
> I can add a few more names, but this is a good start. We should filter
> out those who keynoted last year, add some more people currently in the
> news, and start sending people hunting to get in contact. From past
> experience, we'll need to invite about 20 people to get 6 or 7
> acceptances - the acceptance rate is much higher for people within the
> GNOME community, though.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
>