You would think this is an obvious fix ... but you wouldn't get the hype, now would you? I didn't get a ticket this year on purpose. 900 is a bit too much for

You would think this is an obvious fix ... but you wouldn't get the hype, now would you? I didn't get a ticket this year on purpose. 900 is a bit too much for my blood (I pay for it out of pocket and don't want to resell the swag). I went last year and it was both fun and sad. The concert, robots and devices made me go to geek heaven. The sad part was that it felt a lot of folks were there just for the swag. I also went to pycon last year and had an amazing time. The production values were far less but I felt that almost every single person in the room was a craftsman (craftsperson?). In terms of contacts, both events were a bust ... I don't think I socialized properly .. didn't make any lasting contacts in either places. This year, I'm saving my cash ... have already watched a lot of pycon talks on video. Will do the same for I/O