Hi Wendy,
> * What did you like about the Erlang eXchange and what would you like
> us to change next year?
The conference size is perfect, big enough to meet new people all the
time
but never a feeling of getting lost.
> * More technical sessions or less?
The ratio was fine for me. The next comment is related, too.
> * Some explained on your evaluation forms you would like to hear more
> 'how to do this really cool thing with Erlang, instead of 'why Erlang
> is really cool'.... Who's got thoughts on that?
I can definitely see that with less experienced Erlang programmers
(like
myself), they'd like to hear more about practical tricks from the old
folks (sorry :-). But I can see that there is a possible conflict of
interest
with the erlang consulting courses. Maybe have short sessions that
work like excerpts for the multi-day courses (I know that the conf and
the courses are not really tied together, but in practice they are :)
> * Did you like the fact the conference was in the week, or would you
> prefer it in the weekend?
For me, the week was better, because I like my weekends off, but if
you
can't go on you your companies terms, a weekend might suit you better.
> * Would you like more sessions or less?
If that would mean more sessions in parallel, definitely not more.
Ideally there would be a single track so you wouldn't miss anything
but there are other problems with that :)
> * Longer sessions or shorter?
Sessions are best, I think, served in 30 or 45 minute slices. Hands
on tutorials can take longer of course.
> * More tutorials or less or on different topics?
> * Which topics would you really like to see next year?
> * Which topics or sessions did you really enjoy this year?
Nothing specific, I believe you find most interesting things
again :)
> * Did you enjoy London? Did you enjoy 'the square'?
Yes, the fact that you didn't tie us to the "conference center"
like other conferences do is a BIIIIIG bonus point in my book.
We had a chance to mix with natives (heh) fur lunch, dinner
and drinks and that was just brilliant. Keep that up!
> * Did you enjoy meeting eachother?
More than anything else :)
> * Would you like to see the event grow to huge numbers or would you
> prefer lots of events for groups of up to 250 people, to keep it
> 'personal'?
Keep it personal. Increase the frequency if more people want to come.
I already mentioned that in person, but here I go again: This
was probably the single most exciting conference I went to.
Not only because of the brilliant and very nice Erlang folks
you invited, but also all these little things that I always had
the feeling of being cared of. The key here, I think is that
you, the organisers, also run, that is operate, the conference.
This is not always the case and if the organisers don't run
the show, things just don't run that well; this is like out-sourcing
customer support.
Can you tell I am really excited? Well, I am. I had a great time
in London.
Not all was perfect though, but I couldn't find a major flaw
except for the lack of non-coffee or -tee drinks thursday afternoon
which made the water spender in the westminster room very
popular :) That and the place where the snacks and coffee
were served is a little cramped and not arranged to manage
a throughput of 250 people during a coffee break. But that
was, again, no big issue and given the architectural constraints,
things went well.
Looking forward to next year!
Cheers
Jan
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