On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:42:44PM -0700, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:38:01 -0700, MattCoder > <mattco...@hotmail.com> wrote: [...] > >I watched and liked 'em all. > > > >But one little thing that comes in mind now is: It really needs > >this type of conference when we live in Internet era? > > > >It was a U$ 30k event for how many attendees? 100 for a universe > >of 10k D users? > > > >What I mean is, can't "we" make those videos and share thoughts > >without conferences, do it monthly to gather attention of more > >programmers? > > > >If the internet works for open source code, a live meeting over > >internet wouldn't be possible too? > > > >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. :-) [...]
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. T -- Knowledge is that area of ignorance that we arrange and classify. -- Ambrose Bierce