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type:: #StrangeLoop2023
2009--
Become more accepting,open
Tivoli in the fall
Lambda Lounge Meetup
Inspired by hofstadter's book :)
300 people instead of 150 people expected
Conference:
Context, content, people
Context
venue
sharing the same space
a third place (Ray Oldenberg) -- a place to relax in public
union station -- largest station in the world; expansive places
Content
keynote, session, workshops
5000cfps, 1000 talks
youtube worked well
mix industry folks, big thinkers from academia
humanities and interesting places software was going
encourage people to be more human
talk reception is very subjective
multi track -- chose your own adventure
match expectations in title & abstract
99% of the reason talks fail
content matters most
2013 -- Doug Hofstadter keynoted
2013 -- music composer, gregorian chants for algorithms?
thrown for a loop on vimeo
Joe armstrong :)
the hard parts
2019, 2020 were rough
3 year out contracts
increasing women speakers correlates with increasing women attendance
ticket sales per day has a surprisingly consistent slope
risks -- mostly external events
virtual conferences
happen in 1st/2nd place -- no 3rd place behavior, which is hugely important
time zones
harder to connect
works for a community where people already know each other
Interesting hybrid alternatives
go someplace in city/region
movie theatres, etc.
present talks locally, and then watch videos from other places
hit all the goals of strange loop
— Kunal