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• More Confusion (Score:1)

  by shiflett (3841) on 2003.03.18 14:50 (#18038) Homepage Journal

  What I'm curious to know is how many replies you get from people who didn't understand your email. While I must admit to noticing the hash for a middle name on Vee's email, I didn't understand your email on the first glance.
  
  I thought you had mistaken me for the presenter of "Perl Testing", and the email sounded like you were telling me that you were interested in attending. Had I have not previously noticed the hash for a middle name, I would have really been confused. :-) So, has anyone replied saying that you have them mistaken for someone else?
  
  Out of curiosity, am I correct in assuming that how well you know someone plays a big part in your selection? For example, I had a nice talk about securing PHP sessions lined up. If Rasmus had submitted a proposal on the same topic, it makes perfect sense to select his instead, because he attracts more people. Does the marketability of a person play a large role? Just curious. :-)
  
  And yes, I'm a PHP guy hanging out in use.perl. Don't shoot me.

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  • Re:More Confusion (Score:2)

    by gnat (29)

    I've only had a handful of "uh, what the?" mail about the apology, thank goodness. I realize now that it assumed the reader had spotted the problem. There's no way I was going to send out a third spam, though :-)

    I ended up writing a lot about how being a name influences the decision making, and what the decision making looks like. (Warning: it's like sausage and law). Anyway, I posted it as a journal entry [perl.org] instead of a comment. I hope this answers your question.

    (And PHP guys are always welcome in u
    • Re:More Confusion (Score:1)

      by shiflett (3841)

      That answers my question very well. Thank you. :-)
  • Even More Confusion (Score:1)

    by chromatic (983)

    I *am* a presenter of Perl Testing, and I was confused!