Having already admitted on twitter this evening that I am not a Star Trek fan (come on I can’t be the only one!). Â I think you all know though that I am a huge Seinfeld fan. Â So considering that these four gentleman have already appeared on stage at a Lotusphere OGS
Who from this group would be your choice to speak at the Lotusphere 2011 OGS?
Post a comment* with your vote: Seinfeld or Star Trek? Which Character? *No your vote and this post has no actual bearing on who will be the OGS speaker at Lotusphere.
I’ll take a stab at it… Let’s see if Ray Ozzie is available… “History and future of Notes”
I would also go for Ray Ozzie. It seems he might have a little more time at hand these days…
If I have to choose Seinfeld or Star Track, can’t we have Brent Spiner (Commander Data) or Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine)?
Gotta go with Duff on this one, Ozzie on stage would be epic: “prodigal father” and what-have-you…
Ray Ozzie is kind of how this whole conversation got started last night { Link }
You are missing the obvious one. Project Vulcan anyone?
I’ll take JLD -she’s got “shiksappeal!”
Optimus Prime for OGS speaker! Or Dale Jr.
I see Scott Bakula up there, Quantum Leap!
I’d go with Jerry Seinfeld.
Ray Ozzie or Newman…
Leonard Nimoy or Ray Ozzie.
Or if IBM want a more unconventional speaker, who can talk about team work and collaboration: Richard Marcinko.
If we have to pick from the above, Scott Bakula . I agree that Ray Ozzie would be a coup.
Why limit ourselves to old shows, though. Why not Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Castle)? Adam Baldwin (Chuck)? Or – pretty much anyone – from Fringe?
I vote for with Wil Wheaton. He has both geek and blogger credentials.
Mitch, I’m with ya.. I’m not a Star Trek fan, so I’ll take Jerry S
@7 rofl git ‘er done! 😉
Mitch, Scott Bakula would be a really good choice actually. Not only is there the Trekkie association and Quantum Leap (old shows) but he’s also had a cool recent role in Chuck! (Actually, the Chuck theme song is my ringtone lol)
But in all honesty, unless we went with some actors from the recent Trek movie (which was GREAT!), they’re all from older shows and may not have done much recently (is this the image we want to portray with Notes? haha). I think Julia Louis-Dreyfus would be pretty good for a closing session, but maybe not for OGS.
Also, I’m interested to see if they will capitalize more on Vulcan. There’s only one route to go with that, however LS10 would have been the ideal time to have Nimoy when the project was unveiled.
Of course I’d have to go with Star Trek. I regret missing ‘all the above’ guest speakers.
As for character, I hope for Leonard Nimoy. From the above list, I am also good with Kate Mulgrew. As Capt. Janeway, she has alot of Kirk in her.. with both their ‘shoot to kill’ diplomacy.
I second the vote for Wil Wheaton. A few years ago he gave the best keynote speech I’ve ever heard.
I have to agree with Karl-Henry, Richard Marcinko would be awesome but he might scare the hell out of some people. That man killed people for a living as a part of Seal Team 6.
Scott Bakula would be really cool too.
Was thinking more along Space:1999, Martin landau is out there.
But I vote for Julia Louis Dreyfuss.
Although the guys from mythbusters would be cool.
Ray Ozzie is the only right answer! Forget everyone else….
Now that Ray has announced he’s leaving Microsoft, I say Ray.
How about closing? Why not Ray Ozzie for opening and Rachael Ray for closing (Alton Brown was excellent a few years back)? Ray & Ray (slightly corny but why not?)
Considering that:
a) Any of the Seinfeld characters might cause a decrease in the quantity of coffee or quality of lunch due to the speaker fee
b) Kate may be awesome but relatively unknown to many who did not follow the franchise beyond TNG
c) Scott, while awesome, has not had recent work
I vote for – with a sentimental nod to Nathan Fillian for Firefly, Serenity, Dr. Horrible and Castle – and acknowledgment of his speaker fee being in the league of the Seinfeld folks…
Neil. Patrick. Harris. (Reference: Harold & Kumar: Guantamano Bay)
I would personally put $5 bills in a can for Starbucks coffee and pay for own my lunch if that happened. It would be legen..wait for it…
…dary!
@22 – Scott was in the past 2 seasons of Chuck. See my previous comment. 🙂
I think Jerry would be the most fun!