I'm happy to see experimentation, and different people get different things out of conferences, but...
I think it would be very difficult to replicate what I find valuable about in person conferences: all the unplanned productive conversations over coffee, lunch, dinner, and beer
Kevin Zollman
Today's post: Online Conferences Should be Better than In-Person Conferences, Not Worse
We're in the equivalent of the 1980s Usenet era for online conferencing. Let's not give up yet!
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[a post in memory of @helendecruz.net]