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Nice to see Mr Spolsky taking it on the chin and not making excuses. I would be interested in seeing an online version of any of the presentations. Pretty plea

• mathattack 15y ago
  Agree on taking responsibility. There are a lot of excuses he could have made: economy, bad PR firm, etc. By taking blame he can now move on to fix things.
  • wisty 15y ago
    Also note, this is a perfect response in a PR crisis - taking responsibility (if not legal responsibility), and not behaving like it's everyone else's fault but your own.
  • pbiggar 15y ago
    I confess I don't understand this mentality. Why do you personally care that Joel took responsibility?
    • mathattack 15y ago
      If I buy something, and the vendor screws up, if they give me a bunch of excuses, I am more likely to think they'll screw up again. If the vendor takes personal responsibility, there is less chance that they'll make the same mistake again.
      • pbiggar 15y ago
        Ah, I didn't get that you had bought a ticket.
        • mathattack 15y ago
          In full disclosure I didn't. I am just throwing out opinions from the cheap seats. :-)
• alphabeat 15y ago
  I'm confused. Didn't he put the blame on poor attendance?
  • zachallaun 15y ago
    I'm confused. Did you read just the first sentence? The second: It’s my fault, actually. Followed by an entire post re: errors made in planning DevDays '11.
• garydevenay 15y ago
  I agree. Would have loved to have went to the '09 conference though.
• HeyLaughingBoy 15y ago
  @spolsky: I guess you've really taken the locksmith lesson to heart then :-)