It was a deliberate choice. When packing for a trip to NY and thinking about what you're going to wear onstage, one does not "accidentally" wear socks with sandals. Pg is a very smart guy - clearly he knows what the impact would be.
I think it has more to do with maintaining a kind of legitimacy/authenticity within the hacker community than anything else. It's just good business sense to be the opposite of what geeks don't like/understand: VCs in suits. When you're in the business of funding businesses, you want to be approachable.
I think it has more to do with maintaining a kind of legitimacy/authenticity within the hacker community than anything else. It's just good business sense to be the opposite of what geeks don't like/understand: VCs in suits. When you're in the business of funding businesses, you want to be approachable.