The atmosphere here is great, and I'm curious how it feels for those who are watching remotely. Is the experience good? What can we do better?

Also: we're talking about the DConf 2017 location. Please share any initial thoughts!


Thanks,

Andrei

On Friday, 6 May 2016 at 14:13:35 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> The atmosphere here is great, and I'm curious how it feels for those who are watching remotely. Is the experience good? What can we do better?

It was meh on day one, but Sociomantic got it sorted out for yesterday and it works pretty well now.

I wish there was a better interface to view (I had mpv working earlier but now when I run the command again it refuses to pick up live so ugh) but it isn't bad the way it is now.

> Also: we're talking about the DConf 2017 location. Please share any initial thoughts!

UVU was like perfect for me.

On 07/05/2016 2:13 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> The atmosphere here is great, and I'm curious how it feels for those who
> are watching remotely. Is the experience good? What can we do better?
>
> Also: we're talking about the DConf 2017 location. Please share any
> initial thoughts!
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

Personally I don't care about most of talks. Would be nice for when we grow to do some in parallel.

Regarding the video feed, ignoring the technical problems I wasn't keen on how it was done. Even with my limited knowledge in this area, rules such as the rule of third wasn't followed. Lots of fast changes and not gradual.
Didn't help matters that some speakers kept moving around a lot.

With regards to location, New Zealand of course! But in all seriousness, some place with high density to make e.g. drop in sessions worth it.

On Friday, 6 May 2016 at 14:35:21 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>
> Personally I don't care about most of talks. Would be nice for when we grow to do some in parallel.
>
> Regarding the video feed, ignoring the technical problems I wasn't keen on how it was done. Even with my limited knowledge in this area, rules such as the rule of third wasn't followed. Lots of fast changes and not gradual.
> Didn't help matters that some speakers kept moving around a lot.
>
> With regards to location, New Zealand of course! But in all seriousness, some place with high density to make e.g. drop in sessions worth it.

I'd be naturally inclined to suggest somewhere in Europe [1]. Could it be that D has more supporters in Europe than in the US, at least in terms of using it professionally not just as a hobby? I wonder.


[1] with a beach and sunshine :-)

On Fri, 6 May 2016 16:13:35 +0200
Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com>
wrote:
> Also: we're talking about the DConf 2017 location. Please share any initial thoughts!

My initial thought is that we should consider trying to alternate between the US and Europe, since obviously it's harder for those in Europe to attend if it's in the US, and it's harder for those in the US to attend if it's in Europe. Other places would certainly be interesting (e.g. Japan or Australia), and we definitely have devs in such places, but I don't know if we have enough likely attendees in such areas to make them make sense, since picking somewhere where most attendees would have to travel a long way to get there doesn't really make sense.

Regardless, part of the question is where we can actually get the appropriate sponsorship to have a good location and how the location affects who would organize it.

- Jonathan M Davis

On Friday, 6 May 2016 at 14:53:15 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Fri, 6 May 2016 16:13:35 +0200
> Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com>
> wrote:
>> Also: we're talking about the DConf 2017 location. Please share any initial thoughts!
>
> My initial thought is that we should consider trying to alternate between the US and Europe, since obviously it's harder for those in Europe to attend if it's in the US, and it's harder for those in the US to attend if it's in Europe. Other places would certainly be interesting (e.g. Japan or Australia), and we definitely have devs in such places, but I don't know if we have enough likely attendees in such areas to make them make sense, since picking somewhere where most attendees would have to travel a long way to get there doesn't really make sense.
>
> Regardless, part of the question is where we can actually get the appropriate sponsorship to have a good location and how the location affects who would organize it.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

Facebook have their European headquarters in Dublin. Maybe they'd be willing to sponsor DConf2017 (there are loads of other tech companies in Dublin). Flights from the U.S. to Ireland and back are very frequent.

On Friday, 6 May 2016 at 14:53:15 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> Other places would certainly be interesting (e.g. Japan or Australia), and we definitely have devs in such places, but I don't know if we have enough likely attendees in such areas to make them make sense, since picking somewhere where most attendees would have to travel a long way to get there doesn't really make sense.
Also (at least for Australia) I don't think we have enough of us to organise a conf.

On Friday, 6 May 2016 at 15:09:39 UTC, sarn wrote:
> On Friday, 6 May 2016 at 14:53:15 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> Other places would certainly be interesting (e.g. Japan or Australia), and we definitely have devs in such places, but I don't know if we have enough likely attendees in such areas to make them make sense, since picking somewhere where most attendees would have to travel a long way to get there doesn't really make sense.
> Also (at least for Australia) I don't think we have enough of us to organise a conf.

Anywhere in Europe is fine for me, but I'd love Berlin again.

On Friday, 6 May 2016 at 14:13:35 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Also: we're talking about the DConf 2017 location. Please share any initial thoughts!
>

I think American east cost is a natural next location. Something like New York/Washington/Boston/Montréal .

On 5/6/16 5:16 PM, deadalnix wrote:
> On Friday, 6 May 2016 at 14:13:35 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Also: we're talking about the DConf 2017 location. Please share any
>> initial thoughts!
>>
>
> I think American east cost is a natural next location. Something like
> New York/Washington/Boston/Montréal .
>

This works for me, as I live there :)

My thoughts are, you want to do it in a place where a lot of D people live. I believe the reason why the Berlin conference is so popular is because so many people live in or around the area. It makes logical sense to choose again Berlin, and possibly west coast US. I have no idea who lives on the east coast, so it's hard to say if this is a good location.

-Steve