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It's been my experience that the people who are involved in, and want to be prominent in[1], venture/entrepreneurship/funding in Europe are cargo culters, and t

It's been my experience that the people who are involved in, and want to be prominent in[1], venture/entrepreneurship/funding in Europe are cargo culters, and their idea of tact is not the same as in the UK/US - they also don't do a good job carrying off lovable arrogance, like Americans and Brits have much practice doing. Case in point: ZenDesk. Their "here's our new price, this is transparent cuz we didn't charge you without telling you" bit and then their non-apology apology, and CEO's tweets complaining about their upset customers, etc. That behavior, and this behavior, are cut from the same cloth. I wish the above weren't my experience, seeing as I'm an American transplant in Austria, naturally. I'm invested in it NOT being that way. And yet, there it is. [1] There are plenty of people in the venture/entrepreneurship/funding game in Europe who aren't like this, I imagine, but the prominence-seeking seems to be the indicator for being unlikably, and unjustifiably, arrogant. EDIT: replaced start with number to solve formatting issue

jgrahamc 16y ago
I particularly enjoyed this video http://vimeo.com/12149977 http://vimeo.com/12149977 in which we are told that Twitter is useful for keeping up to date on new technologies.
- Alleyfield 16y ago
  Oh wow. The cliche with a little snippet of code asking the audience to raise hands ("look at us we're such nerds!")... Tasteful. They spoke a lot but said nothing. Somehow it's funny to see how the audience might be a little more informed than the presenters... Especially the question at around 23:00 to me seems like a big "fuck you" to the presenters. The sigh at 23.22 sends chills through my spine as the presenter knows that he hasn't got any clue of how to answer to that nerd-question - but he won't be able to admit that because then he wouldn't be such a nerd he thinks he is. I love it.
  - evilhackerdude 16y ago
    You caught me. It was this special day of the year I decided not to wear my suit and stop doing excel sheets for a second. Here are some slides I created in a prior attempt to impersonate someone who's mental abilities are clearly above mine: http://www.slideshare.net/evilhackerdude/building-great-stuff-using-web-technologies http://www.slideshare.net/evilhackerdude/building-great-stuf... If you'd like to talk to the person I'm trying to impersonate, here's his Twitter: http://twitter.com/evilhackerdude http://twitter.com/evilhackerdude I'd love to talk to you!

jgrahamc 16y ago

I particularly enjoyed this video http://vimeo.com/12149977 http://vimeo.com/12149977 in which we are told that Twitter is useful for keeping up to date on new technologies.

Alleyfield 16y ago
Oh wow. The cliche with a little snippet of code asking the audience to raise hands ("look at us we're such nerds!")... Tasteful. They spoke a lot but said nothing. Somehow it's funny to see how the audience might be a little more informed than the presenters... Especially the question at around 23:00 to me seems like a big "fuck you" to the presenters. The sigh at 23.22 sends chills through my spine as the presenter knows that he hasn't got any clue of how to answer to that nerd-question - but he won't be able to admit that because then he wouldn't be such a nerd he thinks he is. I love it.
- evilhackerdude 16y ago
  You caught me. It was this special day of the year I decided not to wear my suit and stop doing excel sheets for a second. Here are some slides I created in a prior attempt to impersonate someone who's mental abilities are clearly above mine: http://www.slideshare.net/evilhackerdude/building-great-stuff-using-web-technologies http://www.slideshare.net/evilhackerdude/building-great-stuf... If you'd like to talk to the person I'm trying to impersonate, here's his Twitter: http://twitter.com/evilhackerdude http://twitter.com/evilhackerdude I'd love to talk to you!