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At this point in time i still wonder why people physically move from one part of the world to another to hear somebody speak. What is wrong with live streaming?

At this point in time i still wonder why people physically move from one part of the world to another to hear somebody speak. What is wrong with live streaming? (and record, download and re-play)

legulere 9y ago
That’s true for the talks, but there’s a lot going on around the talks.
- thinkMOAR 9y ago
  That might be, and some might run back to the hotel room right after the seminar/conference is finished. Though primary reason of traveling for a conference is to hear that person speak at the conference, anything extra before/after talks that happens is bonus, not primary reason of travel.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    >Though primary reason of traveling for a conference is to hear that person speak at the conference, anything extra before/after talks that happens is bonus, not primary reason of travel. Again, for you. I know many types whose primary reason is networking.
diggan 9y ago
Not sure about others but I don't go to conferences mainly to hear somebody speak but everything around, meeting people and hearing all wonderful ideas from random people and more. So live streaming doesn't really solve that.
musha68k 9y ago
At the next conference you attend I encourage you to mainly focus on the people there, rather than the talks – more often than not, the topics of those talks will come up in even more interesting discussions anyways :)
pdimitar 9y ago
I would guess mostly because of "networking" -- the fancy word for meeting people, chatting up about common interests (which is very likely the case since you're both at the same conference), and maybe making potential business contacts for the future.
coldtea 9y ago
People enjoy a) traveling, b) interaction, c) face to face meetings, d) networking, e) break off from normal routine, f) the ability to ask the speaker questions / talk after/before the event, g) free gimmicks like event t-shirts.
- thinkMOAR 9y ago
  I don't know but in my world, a preference is not a requirement. I prefer to watch a movie in the cinema with uber sound systems etc. But i can watch the movie perfectly fine at home. All points besides a, which is not really an argument but the point of discussion, can be done remotely, if you have to travel to a conference. It might not have your preference, but it certainly is possible and i think comparing travelling half the world, to hear somebody speak vs starting a livestream or recorded version of a conference at your convenience at home, i know what i prefer. Sure its not as interesting on birthday parties or similar, to say you watched a conference livestream vs i was in Tokyo over the weekend for a conference.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    >I don't know but in my world, a preference is not a requirement. Which is a moot point. Others live in their own world -- and so can act on their preferences. Besides, even you do tons of things that aren't "required", and thus are just preferences. Even your example is one such: "watching a movie" is not required or mandatory at all --regardless of whether you watch it a home or at the cinema. >All points besides a, which is not really an argument but the point of discussion, can be done remotely, if you have to travel to a conference. People don't travel to conferences because it's required or because they can't get the same knowledge in other ways. They travel to conferences because they like it, and because they get something out of going (even if it's not related to the content of the presentations, like meeting other developers/founders/etc face to face). If your question is "what makes conferences mandatory to attend", then the answer is nothing. But you didn't ask that, you wrote "i still wonder why people physically move from one part of the world to another to hear somebody speak" -- and preference is a valid answer to that. I travel to conferences because of the reason's I've stated -- and many other people do too. What exactly do we have to explain? >It might not have your preference, but it certainly is possible and i think comparing travelling half the world, to hear somebody speak vs starting a livestream or recorded version of a conference at your convenience at home, i know what i prefer. Which others might not prefer. I'd rather travel and meet people than stay at home/office if I have the chance.

At this point in time i still wonder why people physically move from one part of the world to another to hear somebody speak. What is wrong with live streaming? (and record, download and re-play)

legulere 9y ago

That’s true for the talks, but there’s a lot going on around the talks.

thinkMOAR 9y ago
That might be, and some might run back to the hotel room right after the seminar/conference is finished. Though primary reason of traveling for a conference is to hear that person speak at the conference, anything extra before/after talks that happens is bonus, not primary reason of travel.
- coldtea 9y ago
  >Though primary reason of traveling for a conference is to hear that person speak at the conference, anything extra before/after talks that happens is bonus, not primary reason of travel. Again, for you. I know many types whose primary reason is networking.

diggan 9y ago

Not sure about others but I don't go to conferences mainly to hear somebody speak but everything around, meeting people and hearing all wonderful ideas from random people and more. So live streaming doesn't really solve that.

musha68k 9y ago

At the next conference you attend I encourage you to mainly focus on the people there, rather than the talks – more often than not, the topics of those talks will come up in even more interesting discussions anyways :)

pdimitar 9y ago

I would guess mostly because of "networking" -- the fancy word for meeting people, chatting up about common interests (which is very likely the case since you're both at the same conference), and maybe making potential business contacts for the future.

coldtea 9y ago

People enjoy a) traveling, b) interaction, c) face to face meetings, d) networking, e) break off from normal routine, f) the ability to ask the speaker questions / talk after/before the event, g) free gimmicks like event t-shirts.

thinkMOAR 9y ago
I don't know but in my world, a preference is not a requirement. I prefer to watch a movie in the cinema with uber sound systems etc. But i can watch the movie perfectly fine at home. All points besides a, which is not really an argument but the point of discussion, can be done remotely, if you have to travel to a conference. It might not have your preference, but it certainly is possible and i think comparing travelling half the world, to hear somebody speak vs starting a livestream or recorded version of a conference at your convenience at home, i know what i prefer. Sure its not as interesting on birthday parties or similar, to say you watched a conference livestream vs i was in Tokyo over the weekend for a conference.
- coldtea 9y ago
  >I don't know but in my world, a preference is not a requirement. Which is a moot point. Others live in their own world -- and so can act on their preferences. Besides, even you do tons of things that aren't "required", and thus are just preferences. Even your example is one such: "watching a movie" is not required or mandatory at all --regardless of whether you watch it a home or at the cinema. >All points besides a, which is not really an argument but the point of discussion, can be done remotely, if you have to travel to a conference. People don't travel to conferences because it's required or because they can't get the same knowledge in other ways. They travel to conferences because they like it, and because they get something out of going (even if it's not related to the content of the presentations, like meeting other developers/founders/etc face to face). If your question is "what makes conferences mandatory to attend", then the answer is nothing. But you didn't ask that, you wrote "i still wonder why people physically move from one part of the world to another to hear somebody speak" -- and preference is a valid answer to that. I travel to conferences because of the reason's I've stated -- and many other people do too. What exactly do we have to explain? >It might not have your preference, but it certainly is possible and i think comparing travelling half the world, to hear somebody speak vs starting a livestream or recorded version of a conference at your convenience at home, i know what i prefer. Which others might not prefer. I'd rather travel and meet people than stay at home/office if I have the chance.