Pieter,

All noted with thanks.

I'll pitch this stuff to the team. See how it goes down.
It all sounds tremendous to me!

TW.


On 17/10/2013, at 5:32 PM, Pieter Hintjens <ph@???> wrote:

> Hi Tristan, I'm @hintjens on Twitter and my blog is at hintjens.com.
> You may also enjoy cultureandempire.com which I'm publishing piece by
> piece.
>
> The first ZeroMQ event I went to in Portland I arrived and listened to
> some guy drone on about something complex for 45 minutes, and no-one
> had the nerve to tell him it was boring.
>
> So my idea, which worked, was to switch it around; you get a short
> slot, and only if you get upvotes, you get an extension. That, plus
> the queue of speakers made the event very lively and great fun.
> Everyone was involved and especially when one guy came up to present a
> third slideshow, people were cheering him on like it was sport.
>
> I can imagine several tracks and queues being interesting especially
> if speakers and audience don't know what room they're going to be in
> beforehand.
>
> It needs brutal timekeeping and moderation.
>
> -Pieter
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Tristan Winters
> <tristan_winters@???> wrote:
>> Hi Pieter,
>>
>> Thanks for your mail and prompt reply.
>>
>> Guys on our team from Sydney have been doing smaller events for a while i.e.
>> "Beers 4 Bitcoin".
>> We also have an older guy who has organised many tech events in his career.
>>
>> I would still value your input however. From time-to-time.
>>
>> There are definitely elements of your proposed model which appeal. I will
>> stew them over in my mind, on how best to fit them in.
>> They have enormous potential for "fun". Or, at least avoiding making things
>> too "stale". Like some conferences can become.
>>
>> Do you use twitter? I'd like to follow your posts. I am @tristan_winters.
>> As the founder of the ZeroMQ community, your work is of great interest to
>> me.
>>
>> TW.
>>
>>
>> On 17/10/2013, at 5:12 PM, Pieter Hintjens <ph@???> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tristan,
>>
>> My advice is to start up front with some smaller events to get the
>> hang of things. It's easier to organize a tiny, medium, and large
>> conference than to organize just a large one. The unconf model I
>> explained can help a lot to keep things fluid and fun.
>>
>> -Pieter
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Tristan Winters
>> <tristan_winters@???> wrote:
>>
>> Pieter,
>>
>> I am in the very early stages of organising a conference in Australia.
>> This will be the first of its kind in Australia, by our newly formed Bitcoin
>> Association of Australia.
>>
>> We are a team of 8 people. So we've got ample human resources.
>> I'd like to consult you at different stages for your advice, as we proceed,
>> if that's OK. You seem to have ample experience.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> TW.
>>
>> On 17/10/2013, at 3:09 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:
>>
>> >> That sounds cool. My last conference had 350 people but anything up to
>> 1000 people is possible. What are you thinking? We're going to put up
>> a Wiki soon and I'll be able to send you some links with more info.
>>
>> On 17/10/13 08:45, Pieter Hintjens wrote:
>>
>> I've organized a lot of conferences small and large. The very
>> best, and least hassle, was a ZeroMQ unconf we did in Portland. All
>> we need is a large room and people. Here's how it works:
>>
>> - anyone can speak - there's a queue of speakers (a row of chairs)
>> - a speaker gets 15 minutes (you could cut this to 5 minutes if
>> you wanted to be brutal) to give the short story - the audience
>> votes by IRC +1 if they want to hear more - the speaker gets
>> additional 5 minute slots until the moderator gets bored - it's all
>> recorded on video and published
>>
>> No registration, no organization except technical (room, WiFi, food
>> & drink, video). Some funding or sponsorship for the room,
>> usually.
>>
>> I'd be happy to organize something like this in Brussels.
>>
>> -Pieter
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:41 AM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???>
>> wrote: no time really to be organising conferences. doing them is
>> super stressful and i don't really feel like it pays off compared
>> to just writing code and making kickass projects or working
>> spaces.
>>
>> On 16/10/13 12:15, Jaromil wrote:
>>
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