Don't be a dick. Those notes were awesome. None of my partners are going to sit through a DHH talk; I was able to cut-paste from this to start a conversation.
He wasn't being a dick. I was also sitting there and I can attest that it's not near as powerful to read out of context as it was to see it.
A lot of that comes from the fact that he came on right after Greg McAdoo (Sequoia Partner) and just unloaded a totally contrasting view, and the delivery was excellent. Reading it in bullet point form just doesn't convey that (although the notes were great otherwise).
Everyone had great things to say, and Greg McAdoo really impressed me as well, but in the context of the whole day, DHH was pretty refreshing.
so its not worth watching for 25 minutes, but you're going to have a dialog based on the transcript? (Which doesn't really fully capture what he was talking about) That makes no sense.
In tptacek's defense, he has a right to share a news yc submission with his coworkers without waiting for a justin.tv video (great guys) to come out first. Or he could share the notes and send the video link when it comes (did come) out later. My notes weren't a transcript but they didn't contradict what DHH said and the message is the same as it was during the presentation. :)
Hey, you know what? I'm not particularly interested in having a conversation about DHH's company. His company runs fine without my input. I'm also not particularly interested in faithfully replicating all of DHH's ideas. That's why my eyes aren't glued to the screen every time he talks. I'm glad he has an audience. I like him. But I've got a pipeline to help manage. So really, and I'm asking you, Jamie, who gives a shit?
My point was, don't snipe at some guy who took the time to write up notes from the talk because his hero worship wasn't total enough to prevent him from doing me a favor. I'm sorry he folded up your favorite player's rookie card and stuck it in his BMX spokes --- that must drive you nuts --- but that writeup gave me a useful idea. I'm going to make a judgement call that says that watching some Flash video of DHH talking isn't going to be worth the billable 25 minutes.
It has been the best talk by far.