On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 17:51:00 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
On Wed, 2018-10-03 at 17:26 +0000, Joakim via Digitalmars-d
wrote: […]
At least look at the first two bullet points in my post
responding to Adam, because you're missing the entire point of
my suggestions, which is that certain things like talks are
better suited to online whereas conferences are more suited
for in-person interaction.
In your opinion. In my opinion, online material is a waste of
time, I never watch YouTube videos, for me it is a waste of my
time. But that is the point, different people have a different
view. This doesn't mean I am right or wrong, it means different
people have different ways of dealing with material.
I like a live presentation that I can then ignore *or* take up
with a gusto with the presenter, or other people, after the
session. Conferences allow this. Presentations are an
introduction to interaction with others. For me. Others prefer
to consume videos and have no interactions about the material.
Personal differences.
Except that you can also view the videos at home, then discuss
them later at a conference, which is the actual suggestion here.
Since there is a population of people who like online stuff,
then online stuff there must be. As there are people who like a
live presentation and post session discussion, this must also
happen. The two are not in conflict.
They are in conflict because the cost of doing it live is much,
much higher. DConf organizers' goal should be to enable the
widest reach at the lowest cost, not catering to off-the-wall
requests from a select few like yourself.
I don't doubt that some are like you and prefer viewing live, but
given how conferences keep dying off and online tech talks are
booming, you're in an extreme minority that prefers that
high-cost live version. That means the market inevitably stops
catering to you, which is why the talk-driven conference format
is dying off.
