Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 4/27/16 2:36 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead of 9:00
AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. Please reply with
thoughts on this! We're particularly concerned about folks who need to
take off early on Friday. -- Andrei


It's a done deal! http://dconf.org/2016/schedule/ -- Andrei

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[WhatMeWorry via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


-1

Now I have to wait another whole hour for the start of the live 
streaming?
Just kidding:)  I'm so thankful you guys work so hard on my 
favorite language.

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Dragos Carp via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


That would be great, at least on the first day. My flight lands 
at 8:00 AM. Two other guys are in the same situation.


Dragos

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Luís Marques via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


Yay, more sleep time!

Also, you can always not shift the schedule for Friday only, or 
shift it only half an hour. On Friday people will probably start 
to be better acclimated to the timezone anyway.

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Nordlöw via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


+1

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Guillaume Chatelet via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


I'll take off early on Friday and will miss the last talk, with 
this one hour shift I'll probably miss the last two talks ... But 
hey they'll be recorded right?

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[krzaq via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 05:10:25 UTC, Mithun Hunsur wrote:

On Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 04:47:38 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote:

[...]


Aha - if Google Maps is accurate, I have nothing to worry about 
:) For reference, the number it gives me is 37 minutes.


In that case, +1 to starting late; that being said, I feel like 
announcing a sweeping change like this days before the 
conference seems fraught to end poorly.


+1 from me. I wouldn't make it to the 17:45 train home anyway.

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 28 April 2016 at 07:10, Mithun Hunsur via Digitalmars-d-announce
 wrote:
> On Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 04:47:38 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote:
>>
>> On 28 Apr 2016 6:30 AM, "Mithun Hunsur via Digitalmars-d-announce" <
>> digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmm; my talk's at 3:30pm on Friday (4:30pm after this change), which
>>
>> means I'd leave at 5:30pm. My flight out of Berlin is at 9:30pm; how long
>> does it take to get from the venue to the airport? (I'll probably have to
>> skip the last talk of Friday, which is a shame.)
>>
>> Check Google maps. Google maps can even guess how long it will take at the
>> time you specify.
>
>
> Aha - if Google Maps is accurate, I have nothing to worry about :) For
> reference, the number it gives me is 37 minutes.
>

Yep, by rule of thumb, you should set off at least 1 hour before the
gate closes, maybe an 1h30m just to be safe.  For all the times I've
departed from Tegel, it's always taken about 5-10 minutes to walk from
the bus stop outside to *any* departure gate.  The airport really is
that small.

http://www.berlin-airport.de/de/_dokumente/reisende/2015-09-28-txl-terminal-de-en.pdf

To give you a small idea, the length of Terminal C (left to right) is
about 100 metres. :-)

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Mithun Hunsur via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 04:47:38 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote:
On 28 Apr 2016 6:30 AM, "Mithun Hunsur via 
Digitalmars-d-announce" < digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> 
wrote:


On Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 03:44:51 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:


On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:


The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM 
instead of 9:00
AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. Please 
reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly concerned about 
folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- Andrei



+1



Hmm; my talk's at 3:30pm on Friday (4:30pm after this change), 
which
means I'd leave at 5:30pm. My flight out of Berlin is at 
9:30pm; how long does it take to get from the venue to the 
airport? (I'll probably have to skip the last talk of Friday, 
which is a shame.)


Check Google maps. Google maps can even guess how long it will 
take at the time you specify.


Aha - if Google Maps is accurate, I have nothing to worry about 
:) For reference, the number it gives me is 37 minutes.


In that case, +1 to starting late; that being said, I feel like 
announcing a sweeping change like this days before the conference 
seems fraught to end poorly.

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Rory McGuire via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 28 Apr 2016 6:30 AM, "Mithun Hunsur via Digitalmars-d-announce" <
digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> On Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 03:44:51 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>>
>> On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead of 9:00
AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. Please reply with
thoughts on this! We're particularly concerned about folks who need to take
off early on Friday. -- Andrei
>>
>>
>> +1
>
>
> Hmm; my talk's at 3:30pm on Friday (4:30pm after this change), which
means I'd leave at 5:30pm. My flight out of Berlin is at 9:30pm; how long
does it take to get from the venue to the airport? (I'll probably have to
skip the last talk of Friday, which is a shame.)

Check Google maps. Google maps can even guess how long it will take at the
time you specify.

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Mithun Hunsur via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 03:44:51 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM 
instead of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as 
well. Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


+1


Hmm; my talk's at 3:30pm on Friday (4:30pm after this change), 
which means I'd leave at 5:30pm. My flight out of Berlin is at 
9:30pm; how long does it take to get from the venue to the 
airport? (I'll probably have to skip the last talk of Friday, 
which is a shame.)

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


+1

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Seb via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


+1 (my flight arrives at 08:30)

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Mark Isaacson via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


Like!

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[John Colvin via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


Doesn't affect me too much, so I guess it's ok as long as 
everyone knows. Might even be worth a big notice on the main 
conference page?

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Robert burner Schadek via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


+1

so the breakfast is from 9:30 to 10:00 at the location?

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Stefan Koch via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


Good Idea!
+1

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[yawniek via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 18:36:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead 
of 9:00 AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. 
Please reply with thoughts on this! We're particularly 
concerned about folks who need to take off early on Friday. -- 
Andrei


from my experience hardly anyone is fully awake before 10am in 
berlin anyway. :P

Re: Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 4/27/16 2:36 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead of 9:00
AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. Please reply with
thoughts on this! We're particularly concerned about folks who need to
take off early on Friday. -- Andrei


As someone whose time zone will put that at 4 am instead of 3 am (and I 
know there are those who have it worse), sounds good to me :)


But I'm concerned about those who don't always read all the forum posts. 
Should this be asked as a general email to conference-goers?


-Steve

Proposed: start DConf days one hour later

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce]

The folks at Sociomantic suggested to start at 10:00 AM instead of 9:00 
AM, therefore shifting the end time by one as well. Please reply with 
thoughts on this! We're particularly concerned about folks who need to 
take off early on Friday. -- Andrei