On Thu, 2014-01-23 at 04:14 +0100, Michael Hasselmann wrote: > On Wed, 2014-01-22 at 09:52 +0100, Alexandre Franke wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Michael Hasselmann > > <mich...@taschenorakel.de> wrote: > > > Alright, next candidate: Andrew Bliss, Valve Corp. > > > Reasoning: Saw him at UDS-R and gaming on Linux is something people talk > > > about. Also, SteamOS ships GNOME stuff so there is a certain business > > > aspect to that, too. > > > > > > Here's the keynote from UDS-R: > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNrrpnPlBrk&t=0h13m10s> > > > > Last year Ryan Gordon and Sam Lantinga, who both work at Valve and > > have a history of helping gaming on Linux (SDL, Loki software…) have > > been approached last year and while they weren't able to come, to > > showed interest for "next year" (so for GUADEC 2014). Rui and > > Christian were the ones that contacted them. We should definitely see > > if they are still willing to come. > > Michael Abrash. That guy gives talks like no other. Works for Valve. And > a living legend. That guy and no one else should keynote for us, if we > intend to get Valve to acknowledge GNOME at our own annual conference.
OK, he (very) politely declined, for good reasons. Plan B? ciao Michael _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
