February 2013 - FOSDEM - lists.fosdem.org

More FOSDEM feedback
by Jeremy White 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

First time FOSDEM attendee, developer room manager. Two suggestions: I would encourage a voluntary name tag system. I saw some people doing that, and I really craved broader usage. It's really nice to be able to quickly scan some ones name and project information and perhaps make a connection you wouldn't otherwise make. I think trying to centralize registration and hand out name tags like at other conferences would be a huge PITA. But I would have been cheerful to hand make a name tag ahead of time. Perhaps I missed the encouragement to do so, but I would suggest encouraging that explicitly under the 'registration' section. Second, the address published on the web site does not work properly in Google maps. If you simply cut + paste the venue information, you get poor results. I had lunch with a gentleman who took the metro to the Erasme stop and lost several hours figuring out how to get to FOSDEM. If I look here: http://www.ulb.ac.be/campus/solbosch/solbosch.html (or on the English equivalent), the postal code is prefixed with a B- (so B-1050). Perhaps that's the problem; perhaps Google needs to be corrected. I thought I'd mention it regardless. With that said, I know how hard it is to always get complaints; studies show that one complaint can overshadow 10 or 15 compliments. I would be very sad if my email left an organizer with a net negative emotional boost. FOSDEM is amazing; it is an impressive and open and cheerful event. The originators and current organizers are truly amazing people who bring a marvel to the world each year. I would really appreciate it if you could construe that as at least 100 compliments <grin>. Cheers, Jeremy

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POST Fosdem feedback
by Joost Ringoot 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

What a success again, what a great event again, I learnt a lot again. I guess you all know that overcrowed rooms are frustrating, me too I turned back from some rooms with a sign "room full no more entrance for security reasons". That's sad, but that's not a bad sign, it means rather that the success was underestimated. Tips for next year?: Try to start earlier on saturday? Try to get bigger rooms? Maybe 2 days is too short, extra weekdays, or extra weekend? I would take a holiday for an extra day of Fosdem. A folding ladder that can stand on stairs in case of beamer problems might be usefull (I remember chavanne saturday afternoon). Try to get mivb/stib involved to get a little more public transport between fosdem and stations/city center/large parkings? Thanks again for this magnificent event to the organisers, the volunteers, the speakers and the sponsors. Joost

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Videos from all talks
by Michał olber 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

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feedback
by Pirmin Braun 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

I've been at MySQL and Mozilla: MySQL: room was too small, overcrowded and when I went out, I couldn't get in again. The talks suffered from a lack of time, the slots were too short, resulted in fast speaking, skipping slides, no time for questions. Mozilla: great show. would be fine, if the slides will be made available online; -- Pirmin Braun - IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH - Sinziger Str. 29a - 53424 Remagen +49 2642 308288 +49 174 9747584 - skype:pirminb www.intars.de pb(a)intars.de intars.sourceforge.net Geschäftsführer: Pirmin Braun, Ralf Engelhardt Registergericht: Amtsgericht Coburg HRB3136

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Mention social seating order - or simply defrag! :o)
by Mario Ohnewald 03 Feb '13

03 Feb '13

Hello, since fosdem is getting more and more visitors, the Rooms are getting crowded. So far so good. But why do people still use the first seat in the row and not move in for the other people who might come next? That cant be that hard?! Could this problem be mentioned in one sentence in the first Keynote/Opening? Just move into the middle of the rows and it makes everybody's life a little easier ;) Thanks, Mario

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Talk cancelation for the nosql devroom
by James Chesters 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

I'm sorry to say that due to unavoidable circumstances, the following talk has had to be cancelled in the NoSQL dev room: 15:00 Stuart McCaul (Basho) - Eventual Consistency in the Real World<https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/eventual_consistency/> We will be opening this up to the floor for anyone that would like to give a nosql lightning talk. -- [image: logo] { name : "James Chesters", title : "Community Manager for MongoDB at 10gen", location : "London, UK", twitter : ["@JamesChesters <https://twitter.com/jameschesters>", " @MongoDBLondon <https://twitter.com/mongodblondon>"] blog : ["jaychesters.tumblr.com"}

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Credit card found at Delirium
by Richard Hartmann 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

We found a credit card at Cafe Delirium. Mr. S. please contact FOSDEM staff ASAP! Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity.

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Campus parking
by Geert Uytterhoeven 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

Hi visiting drivers, In case you didn't know: each "unit" on the ULB campus parking is supposed to accommodate 3 cars, not 2. Thanks for your understanding!

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Talk cancelation for the games devroom
by Nils Kneuper 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi guys! I am sorry to inform you that I have to cancel a talk in the games devroom because I came down with a flu. I am not even in the shape to fight pentabarf to remove my talk. Could one of you please make sure to remove the following talk? Community based translations of games Nils Kneuper 11:50 12:50 Thanks and sorry for the bother, Nils Kneuper aka Ivanovic -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlELjqEACgkQfFda9thizwWubACfYfLFuIvymqGPesIW7iNnwAAE m8sAnj4TvtXhJCDSNLOpoAOYx983xAGh =pKSZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Feed the fosdem hackers @ VoidWaranties (hackerspace) Antwerp on sunday evening
by Ward De Ridder 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Hello all I'd like to invite you all to the 1st edition of the "Feed The FOSDEM hackers" event, sunday 3 february at voidwarranties Antwerp. Here is some more information: The last FOSDEM talk ends at 18:00 and since for many hackers the trip back home leads them past Antwerp, we decided to open the doors of our hackerspace. This is a great opportunity to meet hackers who live to further away. We look forward to meeting you and showing off our space and projects. We will also feed the hungry, hungry hackers that evening. Please add your name to the list so we have an idea of how much noms to make. Please notify us of any food allergies or preferences (eg: vegetarian) too. A small participation will be required to cover for the price of the food. The food will be served around 19:00. You can signup here: http://www.voidwarranties.be/index.php/Feed_the_FOSDEM_hackers Ward Ps, if anyone driving in that direction would like some company in the car, and maybe some instructions on how to get there, I am prepared to volunteer to drive along, that will save me a train trip :D.

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