n8 Doesn't follow you 🇺🇦If all FOSS conferences become "online events"
And If there is a FOSS conference essentially every week (as evidence suggests)
Then haven't the conferences ceased to exist and people are just posting videos online constantly?
Julien Deswaef
Hart of the Wud@n8 As someone who, for family reasons, can't travel as much as I used to, the turn to "online events" makes them pretty attractive in some ways. I can watch all the presentations at my leisure and participate in some of the discussions. And as a presenter I can actually "attend" without all the sacrifice, begging and calendar gymnastics that I normally need (and rarely have) if I want to join.
But back to your point, yeah, the "event" characteristic does get a bit watered down by the lack of people in the same physical place for that short intense period.
@praxeology @xuv I suppose the "real" question I'd like to get at is "what aspects make it an event as opposed to a video playlist" ...
I am interested in hearing everyone's experiences about which, if any, online events they feel successfully captured "eventness" and how they did it.
@praxeology @xuv (please feel free to boost the living hell out of that preceding message, BTW)
@n8 @xuv One thing is definitely the notion of topic and curation. A "conference" asks for submissions in a particular format and it gets people to narrow or bend their presentation to fit the theme. Then the organizers have to sort out who and what fits and what doesn't. A good conference also makes a big effort at inclusion here too, so that some of the typically louder voices don't dominate.
And then it all gets presented in one big block, which, to me, represents a kind of discursive slice of spectrum that is, ideally, useful for advancing a lot of discussion and debate.
Indra Kupferschmid@n8 @praxeology @xuv Typographics Type Lab did that for me. Live presentations streamed to YT with active participation in the comments and chat recaps/discussions in the evening made it feel like an event.
I agree that just posting a bunch of prerecorded videos make it more plan-able maybe but doesn’t really have the same group/community appeal that comes with synchronicity, improvisation, spontaneous changes, mishaps and live discussion.
I agree that just posting a bunch of prerecorded videos make it more plan-able maybe but doesn’t really have the same group/community appeal that comes with synchronicity, improvisation, spontaneous changes, mishaps and live discussion.
@kupfers @praxeology @xuv Thanks for the replies; still catching up on some overbooked projects at the moment. I definitely agree about the interactive, live component. The curation question also makes a lot of sense — although I don't think I have seen any virtual events that felt un-curated. Maybe I didn't notice them as events?
@n8 @praxeology @xuv You probably saw it yourself but if not: the had three hosts, in Mexico, The Netherlands and India and by that had programming for 48 hours. You could rewind the stream of the day but not watch the recordings at a later date. That made you stick around rather than just “save for later”. (Of course not ideal for people who didn’t find the time that exact weekend but more “bonding” if that makes any sense 🙈)
@n8 @praxeology @xuv And just as an aside while Max and ATypI are upon us: 2 days is the maximum time I can set aside, time-wise and concentration/capacity-wise. And even then you can’t watch everything, but 3–5 days are totally out of the question for me. Too many obligations and other stuff we have to tend to over the day at home.