i just got back from las vegas, via a (less than satisfactory) detour through NYC. apachecon 2003 was a great time to learn, meet and geek out. i haven’t been to a conference (besides our own) in a while where i felt so at home and had such a vibrant network right from the start.
now, the real challenge strikes me as enabling this level of interaction for the interested conference goer who is not fortunate enough to be associated with apache. clearly, that is almost unattainable, but some measures we tried at OSCOM 3 may be helpful.
attendees never do the sensible thing before the conference, it seems, and most calls for a good self-preparation (in the interest of a better conference experience) are not widely heard.

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