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Stuart Langridge

is like open source conferences used to be.

This is more of a compliment than it may sound like.

@popey
@sil yeah, I had never been before, but thought it was a great size etc. I'll be trying to go again.

@ross a little bit of that helps the medicine go down :)

I think the word I’d pick is “fun”. We’ve kinda forgotten that conferences are supposed to be fun.

@sil I'd attend as it does have some interesting sessions, but that would make conference four in ten days and that really doesn't sound like fun!

@ross @sil I managed to have fun here. It helped that the Yocto stand was well staffed and I don't really know many people here. Easy to hide. I did meet some good people to know though. And I am trying to be efficient with my carbon footprint.

@ross oof, brutal schedule! I never get to go to fosdem because it collides with my birthday, so this was nice :)

@sil @ross FOSDEM would be a great place for a birthday. Imagine all the free beer! :)

@ross i agree wholeheartedly, but my parents are less keen :)

@sil Probably depends on what era / conferences you're referring to...