[mattpointblank]

Hi, article author here.

I did state in the blogpost that I know Andrew is a good chap and I respect him and his intentions, and I don't for a minute think he set out to make this event 100% male. My issue is in his response to my challenge on it, and the lack of acknowledgement by the organisers that an 100% male lineup isn't ideal.

I also find it quite hard to believe that amongst companies like Google and Facebook, there aren't enough highly-qualified female/minority devs who could've spoken. And besides, the speaker roster isn't exclusive to those three companies, either.

thanks!

[jayzalowitz]

I dont disagree about paragraph 3, what I am saying is the very specific, very fast mobile serving technology experts may have very few women, or at least few who wish to travel to london.