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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by wallflower on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @08:55AM (#573824)
I'm becoming a fan of Daniel Tenner's writings, and I'm looking forward to seeing them upvoted rapidly to the News.YC front page like 37Signals stuff usually goes. I like how he writes because he makes a point and then tells a story (usually his) to support that point (public speaking keystone).

I've been fortunate to go to several conferences on my company dime. The best was the Colorado Software Summit in 2000 where they were talking about Ruby as the next big thing. However, none of these paid conferences match up to the BarCamp-type events and even informal meetups at bars to drink and discuss projects. I think there is a certain artificial short-term hype that is instilled in you when you fly to a conference and get hyped up on the energy and excitement and marketing parties - it is not sustainable once you return. I find that I enjoy local meetups more now - more long-term, less virtual, and you might even become friends.

Daniel Tenner's previous piece "Dealing with Impossible Crises" is worth reading if you missed it the first time

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=552581

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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by wensing on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @10:33AM (#573943)
The typography is also refreshing.
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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by jlees on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @10:52AM (#573977)
If you sit a mile from the screen.

(Sorry Daniel, but the font's too big for me to quite read comfortably!)

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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by swombat on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @11:06AM (#574001)
Lesson 1 of blog design: you can't please everyone!! :-P
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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by tomh- on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @12:06PM (#574076)
See swombat? Resize the font!
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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by swombat on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @09:11AM (#573834)
Thanks for this feedback :-) I really do appreciate it.
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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by wallflower on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @09:41AM (#573868)
I'm curious. If you don't mind me asking, what do you like to read (not necessarily blogs, books)? Your writing is easy on the mind.
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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by swombat on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @09:50AM (#573884)
That's quite hard to answer... When I was younger, I read almost exclusively fiction - pretty much anything ranging from classics to science fiction. For the last fifteen years or so, the proportion of non-fiction has increased, largely because I read a lot less for pleasure. If you counted blogs and other online writings as well, I'd say that most of what I read today is non-fiction. But I've always preferred a good novel to any factual book.
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Re:Why you should go to Geeknrolla (and other start-up confe... by wallflower on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @10:35AM (#573950)
> That's quite hard to answer.

Good answer. Thanks. I tend to shy away from the '10 ways to X' blogs, and I could surf from Techmeme for hours if I'm bored at home. I like stumbling upon random people talking about their lives, sharing their experiences.

For example, I don't know the methodology for selection but each of the Blogs of Note all seem to be interesting in their own way.

http://blogsofnote.blogspot.com/

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