Comments on: Comp. Sci. Key Notes: Why Bother? http://www.programmersparadox.com/2008/02/06/comp-sci-key-notes-why-bother/ Long form thoughts from a Software Engineer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.programmersparadox.com/2008/02/06/comp-sci-key-notes-why-bother/comment-page-1/#comment-74 John Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:54:10 +0000 http://www.programmersparadox.com/2008/02/06/comp-sci-key-notes-why-bother/#comment-74 Personally, I am glad they had this contest, regardless of the lack of public speaking skills of the keynote speaker. It resulted in a neat video that made a relatively dry subject (IMO) a little bit more fun. If you are interested in another fun song, check out <a href="http://theweborganic.net/2007/10/27/lodge-on-vmware-fusion/" rel="nofollow">"VMware Fusion"</a> by <a href="http://iamlodge.com/" rel="nofollow">Lodge</a>, one of the contributing artists to the winning entry. You can also view an <a href="http://goodnightraleigh.com/2007/11/microfest-microbrews-for-microloans.html" rel="nofollow">older post on my blog</a> where they perform a concert to benefit <a href="http://kiva.org/" rel="nofollow">Kiva</a>, which provides <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcredit" rel="nofollow">microloans</a> to those in need. I do agree that for all the effort they put behind the contest, the beginning of the keynote could have been a little more thought out and interesting. Personally, I am glad they had this contest, regardless of the lack of public speaking skills of the keynote speaker. It resulted in a neat video that made a relatively dry subject (IMO) a little bit more fun.

If you are interested in another fun song, check out “VMware Fusion” by Lodge, one of the contributing artists to the winning entry. You can also view an older post on my blog where they perform a concert to benefit Kiva, which provides microloans to those in need.

I do agree that for all the effort they put behind the contest, the beginning of the keynote could have been a little more thought out and interesting.

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