The one thing I enjoyed was a very lowkey set of maker-skill demos hosted by a local repair cafe.
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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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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.Show this thread
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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