Yes, and it does suck. "Every year millions of people who are greater than you get together in secret to discuss secret awesome things which you aren't good enough to know about. This has never been shared before now. These are the TED talks. Sponsored by BMW and REALLY SCREECHY LOUD MUSIC".
It's a quick summary of her discontinued blog (1), and, even though it's obvious in hindsight, it was fresh when it was first published and these principles are still ignored by a lot of companies. Go read it for a more exhaustive read.
The blog was discontinued because of death threats proffered against her, I'm glad she's still preaching the same message :-).
I haven't watched the video but her stuff is 90% fluff. "But she is a [good-looking] woman who writes programming books!" is always the implied disclaimer, but sorry, that does not make the books any less dumb, condescending or speculative.
Also, she's been milking those "death treats" for all they could take (who HASN'T gotten anonymous death threats on the internet).
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 30.0 ms ] threadSix minutes long, first 45 seconds of which wastes you time with saying how great their "speedy presentations are. (what's wrong with this picture?)
The blog was discontinued because of death threats proffered against her, I'm glad she's still preaching the same message :-).
1. Creating Passionate Users (http://headrush.typepad.com/ )
a longer version of Kathy Sierra's presentation (from 2007) about "Kicking Ass" and "Passionate users":
http://video.sxsw.com/2007/mp4/kathysierra_lo.mp4
Also, she's been milking those "death treats" for all they could take (who HASN'T gotten anonymous death threats on the internet).