+1. All good advice. Joe
On 12 Jul 2012, at 21:10, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > Some general conference-going tips, borrowed from other conferences: > > * Label your laptop charger just as you would your luggage -- use a > luggage tag, or stick some adhesive tape on and write your name on that. > > * 5-2-1 rule: each day of the event, get at least 5 hours of sleep, 2 > real meals, and 1 shower. > > * Each day, spend 30 minutes outside the venue, doing something that has > nothing to do with the conference. > > * If you are overwhelmed or tired, it is OKAY to go back to your room > and nap. You can't catch everything. Don't wear yourself out. > > * Searching for recent tweets about Wikimania: > http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=twitter&lng=&q=wikimania > > * If you're staying in a hotel where your room gets cleaned every day by > the hotel staff, it's polite to leave a tip (gratuity) each night. I > budget 1 dollar per person per night, and leave it on the bedside table > with a note simply saying "thank you, housekeeping!" to make it clear > that it's for them. > > * Thank the volunteers when you have a chance. They make this work. > > -- > Sumana Harihareswara > Engineering Community Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
