[nemesisj]

I was lucky enough to hear Kathy Sierra speak in what I believe is one of her last public appearances. I had never heard of her before. It remains one of the best talks I’ve ever heard, not only because of the content, which was excellent, but her delivery was incredible. She had something like 150 slides that she bulldozed through flawlessly and she was really funny. After that I learned about the harassment and I find it so disappointing That people can be so cruel and that we have missed out on more contributions from her. I really hope one day she’ll return but I completely understand if she doesn’t.

[dmarinoc]

BoS 2012? I was there and that presentation changed my way on how to (re)think about users interactions with products. I don’t exaggerate if I say that the ROI of attending that event (if only for her session) has been well over 1000x

[bartread]

She also did BoS Europe in 2014 but not sure she's been back since unfortunately: https://businessofsoftware.org/2017/08/kathy-sierra-motivati...

I saw the above talk first hand: well worth investing the time to watch.

[nemesisj]

Yes! I feel the same way re: ROI of that talk. I consistently say it was worth the entire price of admission. There were some other really good speakers that year, but she was incredible.

[BerislavLopac]

I spoke with her after her talk at the Future of Web Apps in London in 2008. She even agreed to give a talk at a conference I was planning for the next year, but soon afterwards the world started falling apart and it never happened. :(