On 26 June 2013 08:16, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisp...@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! ;)
