DConf 2019: Shepherd's Pie Edition

Iain Buclaw ibuclaw at gdcproject.org
Sun Dec 23 15:32:41 UTC 2018


On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 16:05, Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce
<digitalmars-d-announce at puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure how a talk is supposed to inspire anything
> substantive _before_ you've heard it, and pre-recorded talks
> watched at home would fill the same purpose after.
>

No one is interested in watching pre-recorded talks.  I think I've
said this before regarding the failed experiment at GHM.

> Perhaps this is a generation gap, as I see that you and Russel
> are a couple decades older than me, so let me give my
> perspective. I've probably watched a week or two of recorded tech
> talks online over the last year, and maybe a couple hours in
> person. Invariably, I find myself wishing for a skip-ahead button
> on those in-person talks, like I have for the online videos. ;)
>
> I suspect there are many more like me these days than you two.
>

Nope, I reckon I'm of your generation, and even I don't understand you. :-)

If you don't like human interaction, that's your problem.  Don't tell
others that they shouldn't meet up once yearly to talk about subjects
that interests them greatly.

Meanwhile, I'll be having fun at Dconf next year...

-- 
Iain


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