On Tuesday, 2 October 2018 at 14:49:31 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
I believe it would be a mistake to drop DConf.
What about we design a DConf that focuses on interactive collaboration instead of sitting passively in a room watching someone talk over a slideshow?
When Joakim talked about this the last time, I was just getting home from a work trip that got 30 people from the company - who usually work online - together in person. We had very few talks in the style of old DConf, and instead we would do a group introduction thing, then usually break off into smaller (randomized) work groups to progress a solution to the problem presented in the talk, then get back together as a whole to discuss it. (Etc.; there were a few different styles we tried, but most of them basically followed this basic idea.)
BTW another thing we did is the whole agenda was set up ahead of time, and there were some pre-reading we could do on the flights there, so we arrive already familiar with the ideas and might have some thoughts in mind already. This is analogous to putting the talks on Youtube first, then talking about it/working on it in person.
That also happens to be what most people say they like most about DConf... but at DConf, it happens after-hours, since the main event is all one talker presenting a powerpoint while everyone else <strike>surfs the internet</strike> listens intently. At my work meeting, the whole thing was designed around this in-person interaction.
That is what Joakim is talking about - changing the main event to be more like the after-hours stuff everyone loves so much, to actually use all the time to maximize the potential of in-person time.
