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Tech conference for people called Ben*
- yen223 14y agoDamn! So close...
- dstorrs 14y agoActually, anyone is allowed "who is willing to be called Ben for the evening".
- bensummers 14y agoBenConf has a policy of inclusivity, it's just that calling everyone Ben makes the name badges so much easier to print.
- culshaw 14y agois Benny Benassi providing ambience for the evening? This should be really hosted in Benidorm...
- bensummers 14y agoI'm so very sorry. It was a silly joke which got out of hand.
- bhickey 14y agoI'll forgive you. After all you did help me find a job that one time.
- bensummers 14y agoWell in that case, why haven't you signed up?
- fredley 14y agoThis actually happened at my university, we had a dinner for 100 people, all called Tom. Proof: http://www.varsitv.co.uk/episode/gh3q9h/Tom_s_Formal_Hall/ http://www.varsitv.co.uk/episode/gh3q9h/Tom_s_Formal_Hall/
- dustincoates 14y agoBetties in Nebraska do it, too: http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/28/us/a-club-where-everyone-is-on-a-first-name-basis.html http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/28/us/a-club-where-everyone-i...
- callahad 14y agoMy last three "bosses" (at startup, at a dev shop, and now at Mozilla) have all been named Ben. One a Harvard PhD, another an MIT PhD. Of my career, Boston basically begat beneficial Benjamins.