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=== Hacker Lounge === | === Hacker Lounge === | ||
* Free beer and collaborative creative party games and sports | * Free beer and collaborative creative party games and sports | ||
| + | * A lot of room! | ||
=== Sessions / Program === | === Sessions / Program === | ||
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=== Lightning Talks === | === Lightning Talks === | ||
* Presenters kept to the allotted time | * Presenters kept to the allotted time | ||
| + | * Nice variety of talks and speakers | ||
=== Other / General === | === Other / General === | ||
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* President's Suite was not a good venue for BoFs. It was too formal and too dark. Columns also intruded a bit. | * President's Suite was not a good venue for BoFs. It was too formal and too dark. Columns also intruded a bit. | ||
* Announcements for all sessions, including speaker names and locations, would have been nice. | * Announcements for all sessions, including speaker names and locations, would have been nice. | ||
| + | * We really need tracks. And business-oriented sessions in morning with developer-oriented sessions in afternoon make sense. | ||
| + | * Hallways/Walkways were too easily obstructed - do not stick things along the path where people will travel, they invite congestion and are tripping hazards | ||
| + | * Signage needs to be in two parts "turn here" followed by a sign after the turn to confirm to people they made the right turn | ||
| + | * If places are far from each other, run colored stripes down the halls | ||
| + | * People should be informed of the layout of name tags in advance so that they can properly fill in their tags (tags of course need to be double sided and should be *big* with large fonts [1.5" tall letters would be nice, not tiny) | ||
=== Live Stream / Video / AV === | === Live Stream / Video / AV === | ||
| + | * Camera should generally focus on the slides not the presenters | ||
=== Early Bird Events === | === Early Bird Events === | ||
=== Hacker Lounge === | === Hacker Lounge === | ||
| + | * Hacker Lounge needed at venue, not just hotel! | ||
| + | * Advertising for this was poor, I only found out about it on tuesday night | ||
=== Sessions / Program === | === Sessions / Program === | ||
* Presenters had to sign up to meego.com, to the conference and confirm they were presenting | * Presenters had to sign up to meego.com, to the conference and confirm they were presenting | ||
* Confirmations for accepted speakers should be sooner | * Confirmations for accepted speakers should be sooner | ||
| + | * Copresenters couldn't do anything, they should be able to do everything that the primary presenter could do | ||
=== Unconference === | === Unconference === | ||
* Schedule board could be larger | * Schedule board could be larger | ||
* More sessions in the afternoon | * More sessions in the afternoon | ||
| + | * Provide video recording for all sessions | ||
| + | * Schedule board should be tied to a computer so people can see it online and so that we can have a final copy | ||
=== Lightning Talks === | === Lightning Talks === | ||
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* Often the internet connection was not enough for all people. Maybe because there was more people than expected... | * Often the internet connection was not enough for all people. Maybe because there was more people than expected... | ||
* The WLAN should account for every person having two devices (and for unexpected last minute higher turnout) | * The WLAN should account for every person having two devices (and for unexpected last minute higher turnout) | ||
| + | * WiFi coverage needs to be aware that at times everyone will be in *one* place | ||
| + | * Ideally there should be more than one public ip for people otherwise some services tend to block people out | ||
* Not many places to charge, could be even more convenient by having some socket adapters | * Not many places to charge, could be even more convenient by having some socket adapters | ||
| + | * Need more ways to encourage "cross-pollination". We tended to clump together based on friendships, skill types, etc. Werewolf game is a good start, but what else? | ||
Add other feedback, suggestions and misc. comments here. | Add other feedback, suggestions and misc. comments here. | ||
We'll probably gather some more formal feedback later, but this is a good place to gather feedback in the meantime.
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We'll try to make sure we keep these and don't change the things that people liked.
We'll try to fix any issues before the next conference
Add other feedback, suggestions and misc. comments here.