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Re: Yahoo Sorry About Lap Dancers at Hack Day in Taiwan--So What's the Excuse for Last Year's Go-Go Girls?

waylan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:35:45 -0000

I get that the lap dancing is over the top. bad form. distasteful.

the comment about short skirts was probably unnecessary. It certainly didn’t lend anything to the story except pointing out something that, to me, doesn’t mean much culturally or ethically.

A lot of young women in TW dress like that. Because it’s fairly normal (of course, influenced by whom and what?), it shouldn’t need to be mentioned as egregious.

I find that a lot of people get alarmed, blog, and don’t bother to look into the rationale and psychology of why things happen, why people make certain decisions, etc.

In this case the Yahoo group doesn’t have a chance to justify anything, because, you’re right – it’s lap dancing, and it’s dirty and has seedy connotations and we’re all more civilized than that here in tech world.

But if you bother to look into youth culture in Asia (and even here), you’d find that gogo girls are standard accoutrement at the big clubs. Hell, just go to a TW club for the patrons.

This event was a Hack Day, obviously targeted at (but not limited to) young people. The use of the word “Hack” presumes an association with youth/hipness/cool-ness/rebellion. I can see how the organizers (a small, young, local group, probably) thought it would be a good spectacle to bring some girls out in an attempt to make it fun and titillating/exciting. because geeks there are different.

But yes. you wouldn’t see that here because too many people would get fussy about the lack of professionalism. “Leave that for the Comic conventions, and the EEE” right?

What if this was that local organizing group’s attempt at mimicking a vibe of EEE? [shrug]

Or, maybe they just got it wrong. ‘Hack Girls’ could’ve been executed to what they may have envisioned, with ‘good girls’ as Hosts/Brand Ambassadors, welcoming people into Developer world. But in the fast game of event planning, they had to settle for girls who only know the traditional form of.. the laptop.

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Anyway, I just came here to comment about that one short skirt remark. the pictures weren’t that risqué and it was what, two girls being themselves? the fact that you were surprised made you seem.. i don’t know.. older. the ‘ruh roh’ is cute like zOMG, so i’ll subtract some.

maybe in general you are a little on the tongue in cheek, tech mom style, i’ll have to read more from you.
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OR, did they take down all the pictures, and I’m the one that’s late to the finger pointing? if that’s the case then I feel silly.

maybe this is what makes TW Hack Day fun.

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Re: One plus one equals…

waylan — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:48:31 -0000

you romantic sonuvabitch

but you're right.

how do i connect with you? web/foto heads must unite..
perhaps it would be a 2.0 un-gathering hm?

w

Re: Best design I’ve ever had

waylan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:18:43 -0000

i will learn much just from this post and its links. and looking forward to your css trick site.

Andrew, this design is slick! props to marc. but it is your site and you had the ability to tweak, no? so there is some credit due. CNB, i had no idea.

this is only the second design i've seen of yours.

allisontorres. at first i thought you were talking about her but obviously different girl. wouldve been a nice reconnect.

cool man, you seem to be a really good guy, judging by marc's post and everyone's commenting.

keep doin it. i feed off your enthusiasm.

w

Re: Why Looks Matter And Why That’s OK | The Cosmic Tap

waylan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:04:17 -0000

its 2007 and damn, did i like this post. well said sir. I'll check that Mapping the Mind.

Re: Re-Everything

waylan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:52:45 -0000

Thomas
I think I've known who you are since SoCal dance days from 2002 onward. Moved back up to the Bay in 2004, became photo friends with Louis recently in 2007 at Cheryl's first show at Avalon.
I just wanted to drop in finally and let you know how much I like Tikko's web re-design. very very clean. Obviously I see where that style came (from this current design), but your relaunch plans sound curious also. good luck on that.
keep on.

Re: Head to Toe

waylan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:30:24 -0000

this chick reminds me of angel salvante

Re: Homemade Container for Strawberries

waylan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:49:32 -0000

actually, ingenious!

Re: Homemade Container for Strawberries

waylan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:49:49 -0000

oh man that is a great idea!

Re: Life long spelling error—at least you’re unique?

waylan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:52:49 -0000

burn

Re: LOL!

waylan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:34:23 -0000

WHAT? awesome.

Re: Account suspended yesterday and today

waylan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:07:20 -0000

awesome.

Re: Introduktion

waylan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:29:57 -0000

i actually like this name. more clever-er than many. you two are all branded, it's pretty fierce. MMIAF is gold and its something we've all thought about but never seen happen...

Re: STUDY: Social Media Is for Narcissists

waylan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:51:52 -0000

for narcissism: yes but also no.

lets face it, people are impressionable in new surroundings and if all we see is self-promotion, then that's all we may try to do just to fit in. However, when they don't realize what purpose certain kinds of self-promotion serve (business), then that's when it becomes primal narcissism and a popularity contest. and if the culture that surrounds us and them wasn't built on self-promotion/self-preservation, then I don't know what it was built on...

but there's something else going on: self-empowerment.

Re: STUDY: Social Media Is for Narcissists

waylan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:37:46 -0000

and the fact that we are allowed individual pages and communication tools to this end only contributes to this part of our nature.

this is the product of a merchant satiating the people and not necessarily leading them to where they should be. and that's because they don't decide where society should go.. though they narrowly curate it to end up a particular way (so they can measure it, and convert data into dollars).

feeding the mob with the juicy gossip they want.

Happy Belial Day

Re: Sole and the Skyrider Band - Shipwreckers

waylan — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:18:11 -0000

if i knew you fools had the same history as i did, i might have tried to meet you sooner. I would choose Thisboutthecitytoo as a favorite also. i will see you at the next SF party hm? i'll be the guy that takes really annoying flash pictures. big ups.

heartsrevolution! I tried to find them when i was in LA last weekend, but never figured out how. do you know where??

w

Re: SetThemFree - Perhaps I’m missing the post-feminist angle?

waylan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:27:12 -0000

um.

this reminds me of kpop. a little bit.