Re: DConf 2019: Shepherd's Pie Edition

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 26 December 2018 at 00:06:39 UTC, Nicholas Wilson 
wrote:
I don't mean to stoke the flames on this anymore, but I do: 
I've been to past conferences and now that I'm not a poor 
student anymore I'd pay to go to them.

I've been to past conferences and don't consider it worth going 
even if I was paid to go. The only way I'd even consider it again 
is if either 1) it is in a location where I have other business 
or 2) the format has some change, even if it is a small 
conservative change like what I described in the previous email, 
in at least *some* of the talks.

The talks are either irrelevant, trivial, or vaporware 
(seriously, how much of the stuff described have never come to 
pass?), and there's really no benefit in spending several days of 
my life on that. Especially when I can watch it on youtube in 
half the time (thanks 2x speed playback)... or less (thanks 
skimming around to find the interesting nugget in the sea of 
boredom).

Wanna know my favorite part of the ones I attended? Walking 
around UVU with Prof. Allison.... the one thing I did that was 
NOT part of the official schedule.

That's why I agree with Joakim - we should tweak the format to 
maximize the stuff that BASICALLY EVERYONE AGREES are better - 
the actual in-person interaction.