Re: My Impressions of YAPC::Asia 2006 in Tokyo

I look forward to the day, when we can have virtual Perl conferences, and all attend ( and even give presentations) from our homes and offices. I envision something like an assignment of 10 high bandwidth channels for the various presentations, which the subscribers can choose to watch. The presenters themselves would see a large HDTV screen with a montage of all the subscribers watching (the audience), and possibly interactive "question-answer" sessions.

Once we all get fiber-optics........ which sure is taking a long time.......probably due to the political inertia of the cable and phone companies who want to eek out every last bit of profit from their obsolete systems.

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh

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Re^2: My Impressions of YAPC::Asia 2006 in Tokyo by ChemBoy (Priest) on Apr 03, 2006 at 18:04 UTC
It's kind of a cute idea, but frankly I don't think I'd bother. I took a great deal away from listening to Elian and chromatic talk at YAPC::NA last year—but I also took a great deal from having breakfast with chip and dinner with Erudil and the andreycheks, and talking over the closing keynote with Util, and those parts wouldn't translate very well to a strictly distributed format. If God had meant us to fly, he would never have given us the railroads. --Michael Flanders	[reply]
Re^3: My Impressions of YAPC::Asia 2006 in Tokyo by zentara (Cardinal) on Apr 03, 2006 at 19:44 UTC
Yeah, it's kind of the same thing "home-schooled children" go thru. They still like to get together at dances, parties, and sporting events. But I'm old now, can't score unless I pay for it, don't like dressing up, and don't like travelling. To me, telecommuting is more appealing. I'll bet there is a separation with age, in who would and would-not not televised conferences. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]