Opinions on DConf talks

[Adam Wilson]

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:38:01 -0700, MattCoder <mattcoder at hotmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Tuesday, 25 June 2013 at 15:18:46 UTC, Joakim wrote:
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>> All in all, a great effort, looking forward to the next one.
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> I watched and liked 'em all.
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> But one little thing that comes in mind now is: It really needs this  
> type of conference when we live in Internet era?
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> It was a U$ 30k event for how many attendees? 100 for a universe of 10k  
> D users?
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> What I mean is, can't "we" make those videos and share thoughts without  
> conferences, do it monthly to gather attention of more programmers?
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> If the internet works for open source code, a live meeting over internet  
> wouldn't be possible too?
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> PS: Sorry my poor english.

I think in this internet era it is far to easy to underestimate the power  
of physical interaction. More got done as a result of the conference than  
I think would've been possible otherwise. Sometimes you just need to duke  
it out verbally. :-)

-- 
Adam Wilson
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Project Coordinator
The Horizon Project
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