Opinions on DConf talks

Manu turkeyman at gmail.com
Tue Jun 25 16:58:59 PDT 2013


On 26 June 2013 08:16, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:58:22 H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > I couldn't make it to the conference, but from what I heard, a lot of
> > hatchets were buried and a lot of issues were sorted out as a result of
> > meeting in person. That should never be underestimated. :) In this day
> > and age of online personae, it's all too easy to forget that there are
> > real, living, breathing people behind the personae. Meeting in person
> > has a way of sorting things out in a way no amount of email, forum, or
> > online chat could ever do.
>
> I was very surprised by how many valuable discussions and interactions took
> place outside of the talks. I don't think that that value can be
> overestimated. For instance, I suspect that almost all of us view Manu
> somewhat differently from having interacted with him in person. He's still
> somewhat abrasive in person but nothing like he is online. You get a very
> different view of someone from interacting with them in person, and I found
> that many discussions were far more effective when we had the opportunity
> to
> discuss stuff in person informally rather than in the newsgroup (as
> valuable as
> discussions here can be).
>

Brutal! ;)
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