Minor point, but I looked at the map to see if my city (London) was there, saw a pin around York, and moused over it to see that it was in-fact London.
i used to run a session at foo camp called “that sucked” back in the day. people would share stories, and i’d try to do a root cause analysis and tally all the problems. often the root cause leaders were “databases”, “unicode” and “that guy”
Looks like a great series. The sweary branding is an interesting choice. I run a few email newsletters for different professional audiences, and I’ve been surprised how many people don’t like swear words in business content.
People have reacted negatively when we include any strong “effing and jeffing”, as my grandmother used to put it.
As I get older (I’m 40) it certainly makes me cringe a bit.
I wonder what the pros and cons are of a sweary brand.
It can easily turn into that. I also don't like it when the CEO of a well-known spacecraft manufacturer does it for a cheap laugh.
In the case of Fuckup Nights, to me it feels like it is just inviting friendly banter. To share something that's generally seen as shameful requires us to let our guard down and be less serious about ourselves.
I have never liked profanity in any context. Like I don't care about how anyone else talks, but it has always seemed like a lazy choice. There are better ways to get surprise or anger or rebellion across IMO than just using the same 7 words you're not "supposed" to say.
Have there not been studies that show that use of strong language in professional contexts is a successful of reducing work stress and increasing trust?
It's weird to make a list of words that are banned simply because they succintly convey honest strong emotions.
But some companies won't hire because of lower class accents (like what historically has occurred in the UK.), so it's not surprising that people have disqualifiers around language that signal status outside of the persons merit and work.
The policy seems arbitrary and in need of first principle justification, it seems like this word policing has an external agenda/root cause that is seperate from being passionate about solving a companies core problem.
It needs a proper defense in the face of research indicating it has a net positive impact.
1) Reminds me of fuckedcompany.com and the proprietor, pud
2) I think they're carving out signing up for this from your work account... you should sign up for it from your personal account. Also, if you're that conservative about it, you're probably not the audience for participation or attending.
I suspect it's the conflict between where the actual even organizer is, and the "region" they're covering (the 'license' from the site means that there can only be one 'fuckupper' per city).
Yes, that map is something else -- apparently, London is now somewhere in the North Sea off Norwich, while Amsterdam has relocated to a suburb of Hamburg.
Continuing the weirdness, neither of those locations actually seems to have any events nor any semblance of a 'local team' associated with it.
So, impressive dedication to the 'fuckup' theme, or speculative spam? Tune in for next week's episode...
I tried to sign up to the newsletter. I was reading the site in English, but it offered me two(mandatory) choices of email language, Spanish or Espanol!
There may be some inherent filtering of the audience intended there. I suspect there's a correlation between someone's inability to deal with the word "fuck" being used in branding with their unlikely acceptance and support of other people's mistakes.
I wonder how to find a list of all cities where these events are running, not just upcoming ones. There's a distinct lack of live events and tech culture here in the Bay Area. I'm not fucked-up/well-connected enough to organize one of these, but would gladly help with one.
If you're sad about the missed opportunity for sex, console yourself in that it's never as good as your imagination, unless your imagination is pretty poor. (Insert obvious "then you're doing it wrong" retort.)
On the other hand, missed opportunities for long-term relationships are tough.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 116 ms ] threada quick article i wrote at the time: http://joshua.schachter.org/2006/08/that-sucked
and here’s someone else’s recollection of one, starring PG. https://scottberkun.com/2006/report-from-foo-camp-06-foocamp...
People have reacted negatively when we include any strong “effing and jeffing”, as my grandmother used to put it.
As I get older (I’m 40) it certainly makes me cringe a bit.
I wonder what the pros and cons are of a sweary brand.
I try to keep it clean for professional discussions. Definitely customer facing, but still mostly so for internal discussion.
Probably a lot of people curse under their breath at work during problem triage. Thus, it comes off to me as being more legitimate being sweary.
Maybe that’s why this particular event series has a swear word in its name. That is going against the grain too.
In the case of Fuckup Nights, to me it feels like it is just inviting friendly banter. To share something that's generally seen as shameful requires us to let our guard down and be less serious about ourselves.
It's weird to make a list of words that are banned simply because they succintly convey honest strong emotions.
But some companies won't hire because of lower class accents (like what historically has occurred in the UK.), so it's not surprising that people have disqualifiers around language that signal status outside of the persons merit and work.
The policy seems arbitrary and in need of first principle justification, it seems like this word policing has an external agenda/root cause that is seperate from being passionate about solving a companies core problem.
It needs a proper defense in the face of research indicating it has a net positive impact.
2) I think they're carving out signing up for this from your work account... you should sign up for it from your personal account. Also, if you're that conservative about it, you're probably not the audience for participation or attending.
3) Loosen up, get radically honest, have a laugh.
Was fun, I definitely miss these kinds of events.
Continuing the weirdness, neither of those locations actually seems to have any events nor any semblance of a 'local team' associated with it.
So, impressive dedication to the 'fuckup' theme, or speculative spam? Tune in for next week's episode...
I didn't take the hint until 5 years later when she verbally berated me for being daft.
I do consider that a significant failure in my life.
On the other hand, missed opportunities for long-term relationships are tough.