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Re:Conferences by kscaldef on Sunday May 31, 2009 @10:09PM (#635369)
It's hard to go out for a beer with someone who isn't in the same place that you are. And people will definitely tell you stuff over a beer or two that they won't write about in their blog.
Re:Conferences by ankhmoop on Sunday May 31, 2009 @10:47PM (#635425)
You don't need a conference to go out for a beer, and you certainly don't need an exclusive conference to go out for a beer with someone interesting.

You do need a way to gather interesting people in one place, but you don't need a traditional conference (especially an expensive conference) to do so.