Theo Schlossnagle

That's not at the 150 to 200 range. But that's the right number to make me want to go somewhere. If it's bigger than that, I'm not a salesperson. I don't want to set up a million meetings. I like to be able to not plan everything and run into interesting people that make it worth being there. I think if the conference is bigger than that, you have to plan everything ahead of time.

That's not at the 150 to 200 range. But that's the right number to make me want to go somewhere. If it's bigger than that, I'm not a salesperson. I don't want to set up a million meetings. I like to be able to not plan everything and run into interesting people that make it worth being there. I think if the conference is bigger than that, you have to plan everything ahead of time.

You have to plan your encounters, all of that kind of stuff. And I'm not into that. So CraftConf is interesting in that the speaker group is so large that you end up having this sort of large floating nucleus in the conference that makes that sort of feel the same way.

You have to plan your encounters, all of that kind of stuff. And I'm not into that. So CraftConf is interesting in that the speaker group is so large that you end up having this sort of large floating nucleus in the conference that makes that sort of feel the same way.

I'm biased in that. I haven't attended a lot of conferences, not as a speaker. So that was like the core portion of my, my activity when I ran the company was speaking. So if, if I count, um, all of my, my speaking engagement was over 300. Um, and then it was over two 50, if there were more than one speaker and there was over 200, if there were more than one track.

I'm biased in that. I haven't attended a lot of conferences, not as a speaker. So that was like the core portion of my, my activity when I ran the company was speaking. So if, if I count, um, all of my, my speaking engagement was over 300. Um, and then it was over two 50, if there were more than one speaker and there was over 200, if there were more than one track.

So I was like, always, always at a conference, you know, sometimes a month. Yeah. I didn't have the luxury of attending very many conferences at Cindy. Mocktoberfest was one of the few.

So I was like, always, always at a conference, you know, sometimes a month. Yeah. I didn't have the luxury of attending very many conferences at Cindy. Mocktoberfest was one of the few.

I had high hopes that, that when we shifted into this online, uh, online remote work that, um, Uh, companies would successfully bow out of their, their, you know, ridiculous office space, um, investments and invest in corporate retreats and lots of them. And that did not, cause it would save a ton of money.

I had high hopes that, that when we shifted into this online, uh, online remote work that, um, Uh, companies would successfully bow out of their, their, you know, ridiculous office space, um, investments and invest in corporate retreats and lots of them. And that did not, cause it would save a ton of money.

And we, we did that, but, but I mean, I think that that's a great opportunity to actually turn some of these abandoned office buildings that are never going to be filled out into sort of space. Where you can run a corporate event with different sizes of people and have it be both engaging and entertaining with a primary focus on social team building. Because you have to load up on that stuff.

And we, we did that, but, but I mean, I think that that's a great opportunity to actually turn some of these abandoned office buildings that are never going to be filled out into sort of space. Where you can run a corporate event with different sizes of people and have it be both engaging and entertaining with a primary focus on social team building. Because you have to load up on that stuff.

I would figure you have five or six three-day events in a year that are completely off-site. You're entrenched in the team you're working with. You're in the trench with them working on stuff and doing fun activities and all of that kind of stuff. And then you work remote the rest of the time. You don't have to go in the office at all. My hopes were destroyed. So I quit my job.

I would figure you have five or six three-day events in a year that are completely off-site. You're entrenched in the team you're working with. You're in the trench with them working on stuff and doing fun activities and all of that kind of stuff. And then you work remote the rest of the time. You don't have to go in the office at all. My hopes were destroyed. So I quit my job.

The crazy part is that we did that before from like 2007 to like 2015 with conferences. Yeah. They didn't save any money, but they did send everybody somewhere, usually twice a year for a couple of days to go to some conference that they were working with. And it was an incredibly good experience. You know, you get to work with other technologists. You get to share information.

The crazy part is that we did that before from like 2007 to like 2015 with conferences. Yeah. They didn't save any money, but they did send everybody somewhere, usually twice a year for a couple of days to go to some conference that they were working with. And it was an incredibly good experience. You know, you get to work with other technologists. You get to share information.

You get cross-contamination of mistakes and, you know, good ideas. So that stuff's missing. Yeah.

You get cross-contamination of mistakes and, you know, good ideas. So that stuff's missing. Yeah.

The problem is, is that the hallway track that's here just doesn't, doesn't resemble the spontaneity of the hallway track at, at like a healthy conference. Right. I, I, I don't, if I know who I want to hang out with, I can go to a birds on a feather or jump in a channel, but, But here, like in a lot of these conferences, there's a main channel where everybody can talk to each other.

The problem is, is that the hallway track that's here just doesn't, doesn't resemble the spontaneity of the hallway track at, at like a healthy conference. Right. I, I, I don't, if I know who I want to hang out with, I can go to a birds on a feather or jump in a channel, but, But here, like in a lot of these conferences, there's a main channel where everybody can talk to each other.