Hi Orian, It's a limitation of the building - the electrical network isn't set up to support that many connections in the area where the event is being held. It would not be fun to blow a fuse in the middle of a presentation - thus, the ask that developers charge their laptops ahead of time.
Thanks, --Jason On May 9, 8:28 pm, "Orian Marx (@orian)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Glad to see this is going on, and that the event is being recorded for > those of us who can't attend. Sorry for the snark but, does Twitter > not have any room in the developer outreach budget for power strips? > > @orian > > On May 9, 7:07 pm, Jason Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > We're excited to see many of you this Thursday for Devnest. Just a > > couple of quick updates on the event. > > > The Agenda: > > - Introduction from Dick Costolo > > - Platform updates from Ryan Sarver > > - Presentations from ecosystem developers > > - Q&A session with members of our platform team > > - After Q&A, members of our platform team will be hanging out - please > > show us your apps! > > - Shortly after 8:30pm, we'll be heading to Jillian's to hang out - > > feel free to join us > > > Other important notes about the event: > > - Please plan to start arriving around 6:15pm, as we'll do our best to > > start on time at 6:30pm > > - We'll be signing in registered guests in the first floor lobby of > > our office (795 Folsom Street) > > - Be sure to juice up your laptop battery before arriving: we'll be > > extremely limited on power outlets! > > - The hashtag for the event will be #devnestSF > > - If you can't attend but would like to ask questions, please tag them > > with #devnestSF > > - We'll be live-tweeting from the @twitterapi account - be sure to > > follow along! > > > For those on the waitlist, we've had significant interest in the event > > and won't be able to accommodate additional attendees this time > > around. But don't worry, we'll be having more of these in the future > > and we'll also be recording the event. We plan to upload the video > > footage to dev.twitter.com. > > > See you Thursday! > > > --Jason -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk
