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I've actually been meaning to go back through her passionate users blog and reread some of the entries, there was so much great content put up there before she

I've actually been meaning to go back through her passionate users blog and reread some of the entries, there was so much great content put up there before she closed it off due to threats.

thesethings 17y ago
Definitely do it. Also, there are at least 2 full length keynotes gave at different conferences around online (and many shorter videos as well).
tankman 17y ago
What kind of threats?
- thesethings 17y ago
  Death threats. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6499095.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6499095.stm The whole situation was weird. Though she specifically was targeted, it seemed like the site the threats came out of was a group of generally angry, lame folks who lashed out in all directions constantly. I could barely understand it at the time (though I of course would have freaked out in her shoes, as the language was so specific and graphic.)
  - tankman 17y ago
    "While blogging feuds are common, she believes the campaign against her is more likely to be because she is a woman in the male-dominated technology world."
  - phaedrus 17y ago
    Doesn't this seem eerily similar to the way Steve Yegge suddenly stopped blogging/removed his public presence? And then _why (whytheluckystiff) also pulled down all his online presences. It makes me wonder if some group of kids is systematically threatening lots of top bloggers.
    - philwelch 17y ago
      There's "some group of kids" that acts like assholes in general, of course--"Anonymous". Not to blame them in particular, but it's not exactly difficult to get a vaguely-defined, poorly organized group of bored kids on the internet to hate you if you have any kind of notoriety.
- blasdel 17y ago
  Someone idly trolled her; she took the bait hook, line, and sinker. Her reaction attracted more trolling, kicked off distressful public discussions of the value of her work, adding fuel for further reaction.
jonnytran 17y ago
I've been doing this -- reading the Creating Passionate Users blog from the beginning as if it were a book. I'm up to March of 2005 so far, and it has dramatically transformed my outlook on creating software. Not only that, it's about create passionate users, where "users" is meant as a general term, whether it be users of software, readers of books, listeners of music, etc. I've applied the concepts to my entire life, where the people I interact with are users of me. Even though I know it has already ended, I secretly hope it never does. Even the oldest entries are still relevant today. Deciding to go back and read it all is turning out to be one of the best decisions I've made. I am evidence that her method works, because I'm now one of Kathy Sierra's passionate users!
- runevault 17y ago
  I can imagine how it would work tying her philosophy to one's entire life. My current interest however is just building something that helps some target audience kick ass. The recent Mixergy interview with Simon Sinek actually ties into it well, at least it did to me: http://mixergy.com/start-with-why-simon-sinek/ http://mixergy.com/start-with-why-simon-sinek/

I've actually been meaning to go back through her passionate users blog and reread some of the entries, there was so much great content put up there before she closed it off due to threats.

thesethings 17y ago

Definitely do it. Also, there are at least 2 full length keynotes gave at different conferences around online (and many shorter videos as well).

tankman 17y ago

What kind of threats?

thesethings 17y ago
Death threats. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6499095.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6499095.stm The whole situation was weird. Though she specifically was targeted, it seemed like the site the threats came out of was a group of generally angry, lame folks who lashed out in all directions constantly. I could barely understand it at the time (though I of course would have freaked out in her shoes, as the language was so specific and graphic.)
- tankman 17y ago
  "While blogging feuds are common, she believes the campaign against her is more likely to be because she is a woman in the male-dominated technology world."
- phaedrus 17y ago
  Doesn't this seem eerily similar to the way Steve Yegge suddenly stopped blogging/removed his public presence? And then _why (whytheluckystiff) also pulled down all his online presences. It makes me wonder if some group of kids is systematically threatening lots of top bloggers.
  - philwelch 17y ago
    There's "some group of kids" that acts like assholes in general, of course--"Anonymous". Not to blame them in particular, but it's not exactly difficult to get a vaguely-defined, poorly organized group of bored kids on the internet to hate you if you have any kind of notoriety.
blasdel 17y ago
Someone idly trolled her; she took the bait hook, line, and sinker. Her reaction attracted more trolling, kicked off distressful public discussions of the value of her work, adding fuel for further reaction.

jonnytran 17y ago

I've been doing this -- reading the Creating Passionate Users blog from the beginning as if it were a book. I'm up to March of 2005 so far, and it has dramatically transformed my outlook on creating software. Not only that, it's about create passionate users, where "users" is meant as a general term, whether it be users of software, readers of books, listeners of music, etc. I've applied the concepts to my entire life, where the people I interact with are users of me. Even though I know it has already ended, I secretly hope it never does. Even the oldest entries are still relevant today. Deciding to go back and read it all is turning out to be one of the best decisions I've made. I am evidence that her method works, because I'm now one of Kathy Sierra's passionate users!

runevault 17y ago
I can imagine how it would work tying her philosophy to one's entire life. My current interest however is just building something that helps some target audience kick ass. The recent Mixergy interview with Simon Sinek actually ties into it well, at least it did to me: http://mixergy.com/start-with-why-simon-sinek/ http://mixergy.com/start-with-why-simon-sinek/