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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: A Devcon 2006 StoryRe: A Devcon 2006 Story
From: Jonathan Gordon <jdgordy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:10:02 +1100 can we have devconn 07 at the same time as any big swedish metal fesitvals? kill 2 birds ith 1 stone then :D On 20/03/06, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_rockbox.org> wrote: > Hey folks > > I just wanted to mention that you guys that didn't manage to come to the > devcon really missed a great event! > > Not only did we have a great time socializing and actually meating the persons > behind the nicks and names we've been seeing online for years, we also managed > to discuss and deal with _all_ items on the agenda, and most of them with a > great and at least in my view satisfactory outcome. > > I'm absolutely certain that users and other devs will see and appreciate the > outcome from this, not the least in things like the already in-progress work > on a 3.0 release. (Yes, we should do some kind of "summary" of all the talks > of the agenda items and publish.) > > Random Memorable Happenings: > > - Christi and Brandon arriving several hours late after a having got off at > the wrong bus stop, taken the subway and gotten off at the wrong station > etc etc... > > - The "What are you sinking about" commercial > > - The massive interest for our webcam on IRC and elsewhere. It help us feel > almost like #rockbox were with us there. > > Thanks and credits go to: > > - everyone who has donated money to the project, as we used some of > these funds for drinks, snacks and food during the devcon. Please continue > donating for the benefit of the project so that we can continue to support > and sponsor development-related activities. > > - Jens, Jörg, Christi and Brandon for being devoted enough to cross country > borders to come here. > > - Contactor for letting us use the offices that served as a pretty neat > surrounding, with a fine network, webcam, printer, conference room, coffee > machine and even space and sofas for sleeping. > > - Haxx donated the shirts. And before asking, we still have not quite decided > on how to proceed with the remainders of the shirts we have. I'm open for > interesting suggestions. > > Some thoughts for Devcon 2007: > > - We should probably set a date even earlier than this year to allow people to > plan for devcon even longer in advance. > > - We should prepare for the food situation slightly better, at least if we'll > be situated at the same place or in a similar surrounding. We did have > to resort to backup plans several times... > > -- > Daniel Stenberg > A Devcon 2006 Organizer > Received on 2006-03-20 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |