Opinions on DConf talks

[Walter Bright]

On 6/25/2013 12:58 PM, 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.

+1

The conference was immensely valuable.

The presentations themselves are just the sparks. The real stuff happens in 
discussions before and after.

It's like something a friend of mine told me. He realized after a few years that 
the real business of the company he worked for happened at lunch, and that by 
bringing his own and eating it at his desk he wound up sabotaging his career.

BTW, personally I'm a lot more free with my thoughts & opinions when I'm not 
being recorded for posterity and data mining, as happens with all online 
interactions. There's a lot to be said for meeting people off the record to get 
those sausages made :-)