Nailed it. This is thinly-veiled damage control. While he may genuinely be sorry, his plea for recompense should be directed privately at those his actions af

Nailed it. This is thinly-veiled damage control. While he may genuinely be sorry, his plea for recompense should be directed privately at those his actions affected. A self-effacing blog post like this reads to me as code for "please don't blacklist me in the valley".