It was somewhat gratifying to read that Russell Beattie had been blown off by the inside cliquers at O’Reilly.

The more and more I look around our industry - what I see are closed minded, cliquish, echo chamber people - perpetuating their own pet projects. I really love the people who COME to O’Reilly events - but have you ever seen Rael or Tim at anyone else’s conference?

And now that Tim is poo-pooing what he helped start - I’m just fed up. That and his support of Macromedia - who clearly are some of the leading slimeballs around - just puts it over the top.

I’m sure I’m fucking up any chance i have at participating in these exclusive events in the future - but I’d rather keep my principles intact.

So Russ - don’t sweat it - we love you anyway.

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