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By: Bram Pitoyo

Bram Pitoyo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:56:37 +0000

Agrees wholeheartedly with #10—and also the fact that we were collectively able to top the Twitter trending topic list (with the hashtag #wordcampdx) with minimal snark. That’s got to count for something, right?

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Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:02:21 +0000

[...] WORDCAMP PORTLAND Dane Hesseldahl writes “OK… so let’s talk about what I learned this weekend at Wordcamp Portland.” [...]

By: Betsy Richter

Betsy Richter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:57:33 +0000

I’m betting I’m partially (if not entirely) responsible for #11!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:52:23 +0000

Thanks for participating and presenting, and thanks for sharing your thoughts. We tried to plan sessions to cater to a wide audience but had some areas that got missed… namely I think we missed the extremes. There wasn’t any super-hardcore-dev type sesions, nor were there any specificially catered at the absolute newbie. Next year we’ll definitely take that into consideration and probably break things down into multiple tracks.

And I can totally echo #11

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:48:58 +0000

#4: I am totally and completely in agreement. It is the most difficult thing for me as well – how do I suppress the clam-hands when I meet new people at these things?

#9: Code will fail….Honestly this was one of the highlights – because you didn’t freak out. Made all of us there who see the error message pop up feel a hell of a lot better that we’re not the only ones……

Thanks Dane – I tried to find you after to thank you in person but missed ya. Really appreciated it, and learned a LOT.

By: Stevie Benge

Stevie Benge — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:53:52 +0000

“4. Get better at “networking.” These events are sort of excruciating for me, because – I’m just no good and meeting and talking to people, in fact I picked a career in software specifically because of the low amounts of human to human interaction.”

…sounds like you’re a lot like me. As I stated in my WordCamp debrief, I oftentimes feel like the “weird old goth guy at the party”…