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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 17
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    Anyone actually enjoy the zoom-conference circuit? I’ve pretty much entirely avoided it. I’ve realized that to the limited extent I enjoy conferences at all, it’s 100% about getting to travel to places I want to visit. Take that out and it’s just feels like work to me.

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 17
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        The one thing I enjoyed was a very lowkey set of maker-skill demos hosted by a local repair cafe.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 17
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        Looking back on a couple of decades of conferences, the memorable things I actually remember are the local side trips.

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      4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 17
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        I actually don’t care for hallway socialization and breakroom serendipity much. I prefer program content. 🤔 Dinners/lunches are fun only if I already know most of the people. Most conferences I take walks or browse phone between sessions I want to attend. I don’t socialize.

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      2. Sterling Crispin  🕊️‏ @sterlingcrispin Nov 17
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        Honestly I would rather get punched in the face than attend a Zoom conference. Why not just put the whole thing on YouTube its so much better to watch at 1.5x speed and be able to skip around looking for signal in the noise

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      3. Andrew Reid‏ @reid_dc Nov 17
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        One of my conferences did some of this -- posted the pre-recorded talks of a session a day or two in advance, then had an on-line Q&A with the presenters and audience. Tool was Crowdcast, not Zoom, and it worked pretty well. @SciPyConf #Scipy2020

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      1. Jason‏ @peregrine Nov 17
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        the best part is a reason to zoom call with people I haven't seen in a minute. Thats it though, I just worked with it on in the bakcground

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        I’ve definitely done a lot more cons now that they’re accessible to me, but I don’t know if I’d say I enjoyed it. To be fair, I feel the same about the handful I’ve been to in person.

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      2. Metatone‏ @Metatone2 Nov 17
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        There was one Zoom conference that was really enjoyable for me and the secret was that it had several sessions that actually fit my needs/interests really well. But usually you go to a conference for 2 sessions + the social + the place. And Zoom kills the last 2.

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        *note "social" here is not just socialising, but the "networking" too.

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      2. Chenoe Hart‏ @chenoehart Nov 17
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        I’ve really felt the phenomenon of “zoom fatigue,” and I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone fully explain or analyze how it works yet. You feel like you’re constantly under the scrutiny of being on-stage at the same time that you’re an audience member, for the duration of each event.

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      3. post-burnout ember‏ @reckoner165 Nov 17
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        All of that as well as a general sense of dread arising from the pervasiveness of something I had come to deeply associate with work. I remember flinching for a second when I saw the zoom gallery view of people talking on TV in a waiting room somewhere.

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