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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.
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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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The one advantage of the zoom conference circuit is that it has become much easier to get great speakers. Now I feel much more free to invite various bigshots to our puny seminar series, knowing that I am only asking for one hour of their time instead of 2 days.
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I think seminars are a lower-order thing and easier to make work, since they're centered around one talk/one speaker. Those I tend to just consume recordings anyway.
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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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I have enjoyed it immensely. Last year I fell ill, and could no longer travel. I leaned into virtual hard, just a few months early. Conferences that facilitate networking and interaction are my fave.