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Wow Paul Graham Looks quite American. Not far off from what I imagined he looked like tho, quite a father figure :)

by Ardit20 17y ago

mahmud 17y ago
268 days on this site and you don't know what he looks like? btw, the buttoned-up, black-sweater look is not "American", but straight up San Francisco. The man sold out; his earlier MIT/Boston/East-Coast look was the traditional "Lisper" look (i.e. wife-beater and bandanna)
- davidw 17y ago
  What sort of surprised me was hearing pg talk in some video. I'd been reading his stuff for years, and the voice is completely unlike what I'd imagined.
  - mahmud 17y ago
    Yeah, he sounds normal doesn't he? Previously, all my contacts with "business gurus" have been hyper-agitated, super-excited sales guys, motivational speakers and the like; think Jack Welch.
    - davidw 17y ago
      I hope he won't take offense at my dissecting it, but he sounds more ... hrm, I'm not sure what the accent is... it reminds me a bit of Dave Sifry, actually. You could really hear it when he said "so" in this video, which tended to be a bit drawn out: "seeeewwww". I expected something a little bit more clipped and neutral. Perhaps the difference is that he spends a lot of time getting his essays 'just right' whereas speaking is a bit more of an off-the-cuff affair.
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- puppetsock 17y ago
  Take http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034351734@N01/137275735/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034351734@N01/137275735/, subtract the black sweater and microphone, and you get what I call "canonical PG", in an orange polo shirt and khaki shorts.
johnnybgoode 17y ago
Interesting that the longest subthread here right now, and consisting only of upvoted comments, is this one, about PG's looks and voice.
- davidw 17y ago
  File it under that internet phenomenon of knowing a lot about someone (or at least one facet of them) without seeing or hearing them and being a bit surprised by the reality. Sort of like reading a book and then seeing the movie and being a bit disconcerted.

Wow Paul Graham Looks quite American. Not far off from what I imagined he looked like tho, quite a father figure :)

by Ardit20 17y ago

Wow Paul Graham Looks quite American. Not far off from what I imagined he looked like tho, quite a father figure :)

268 days on this site and you don't know what he looks like? btw, the buttoned-up, black-sweater look is not "American", but straight up San Francisco. The man sold out; his earlier MIT/Boston/East-Coast look was the traditional "Lisper" look (i.e. wife-beater and bandanna)

davidw 17y ago
What sort of surprised me was hearing pg talk in some video. I'd been reading his stuff for years, and the voice is completely unlike what I'd imagined.
- mahmud 17y ago
  Yeah, he sounds normal doesn't he? Previously, all my contacts with "business gurus" have been hyper-agitated, super-excited sales guys, motivational speakers and the like; think Jack Welch.
  - davidw 17y ago
    I hope he won't take offense at my dissecting it, but he sounds more ... hrm, I'm not sure what the accent is... it reminds me a bit of Dave Sifry, actually. You could really hear it when he said "so" in this video, which tended to be a bit drawn out: "seeeewwww". I expected something a little bit more clipped and neutral. Perhaps the difference is that he spends a lot of time getting his essays 'just right' whereas speaking is a bit more of an off-the-cuff affair.
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puppetsock 17y ago
Take http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034351734@N01/137275735/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034351734@N01/137275735/, subtract the black sweater and microphone, and you get what I call "canonical PG", in an orange polo shirt and khaki shorts.

johnnybgoode 17y ago

Interesting that the longest subthread here right now, and consisting only of upvoted comments, is this one, about PG's looks and voice.

davidw 17y ago
File it under that internet phenomenon of knowing a lot about someone (or at least one facet of them) without seeing or hearing them and being a bit surprised by the reality. Sort of like reading a book and then seeing the movie and being a bit disconcerted.