OK, not fame, but (total) embarrassment. It was I who accidentally turned the lights off at Kathy Sierra’s panel at SXSW. A full room, with hundreds, perhaps thousands of people. The room went dark… there was confusion. Kathy said “it’s dark, I can’t see the audience, please someone, turn on the light… someone please!” The poor lady in charge of the lights couldn’t figure out how to turn them back on…. Those 2 minutes felt very long. Sorry everyone who was there. Sorry Kathy! I accidentally hit the off switch when I rested against the wall! :-)
ceo