Session: The Internet is an OGRE @ kamajoles place

This session by Terry Chay from Tagged, Inc was the first in a line of several we went to hear. After only a very few minutes Terry had the auditorium hooked. He did excuse himself for having a mild form of "tourette's syndrom", so he might be cursing a lot… and oh my he did… In an absolutely funny and entertaining way.

The session itself was more or less about what every one else disencourage when building up a website. Today everything is about security, speed and scalability, but Terry actually down prioritized those three factors. He placed stability at the top of the chain and as he says: "At the end of the day, the website has to run". In other words – get a web site up an running is the most important thing, then you can always start to worry about the other three factors.

I tend to disagree wit this… to some extend. It would work for some, well maybe tons of websites, but in the business world, where you are dealing with very sensitive data, you simply have to have certain security measures in place before you can release a website in to the public.

Now I sit here at the conference and don't know if Terry were absolutely serious about what he said or if some of it should be taken with a grain of salt, but one thing is sure – he does have a point.

As said, it was a hilarious presentation and while he dreams of rasmussing the other speakers, then he is also living on the edge of dissing some "important" people. If you got time, then try reading his blog – it's a good laugh