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This seems to be a masterpiece of "how not to organize a technical event"
by rmoriz 14y ago
This seems to be a masterpiece of "how not to organize a technical event"
- lrock 14y agoyeah ... all talks take place in the same giant room ... you can hardly hear the speaker, projections are almost invisible because the light is too bright.
- shanelja 14y agoEven so, when I attend these events I go more for the people than the speakers etc, I would bet the people who went still enjoyed themselves.
- felixge 14y agoI was speaking yesterday, and I agree that the setup seems less than ideal when walking past the speaker areas. That being said, if you're taking a seat, you're entering the audio zone, and while not perfect, you could understand the speakers pretty well. The projections were unreadable I agree, but there were also big televisions that were readable when you were in one of the seats (given decent sized font, but it's the presenters fault if they use small fonts). Anyway, having dedicated rooms for talks would have been much nicer, no question about it.
- robert-boehnke 14y agoAlso, it doesn't quite look like a crowd of 10.000 people to me
- Argorak 14y agoIts quite telling that I know almost no one that got his ticket through "regular" channels.
- stwe 14y agoIndeed. This is a commercial event with too much security - quite the opposite from the usual hacker events in Germany. You need to give lots of info on registration including a passport style photo, your laptop serial number (because equipment is required to be tagged) and apparently bags are searched on entry and exit. It's ridiculous. That's why the usual hacker crowd in Germany totally ignores this event.
- arrrg 14y agoWasn’t this originally supposed to be in Barcelona and only moved to Berlin very late? You can’t just organize events like that in Berlin. There are already many other (broadly) similar events in Berlin, with more focus and better organization. It just doesn’t seem very attractive to me and it’s a total culture clash. Paranoid security theater? No alcohol? I’m sorry, but not in Berlin.
- ig1 14y agoHow would you handle security at a 10,000 people event where laptops are likely to be left unattended ? It seems given that scenario tagging laptops and checking them on entry/exit is probably the most effective solution.
- stwe 14y agoThese procedures trade my freedom and privacy for security. I always have someone keep an eye on my stuff, but I've also been at similar events (Chaos Communication Camp 2011) where keeping something unattended was not a problem at all. Treating all you attendees like potential thieves is simply a bad premise for a hacker event.
- ig1 14y agoAccording to the CCC FAQ Laptops have been stolen in the past
- biafra 14y agoYes. Of course. And there have been or will be stolen laptops at this event. The "security system" is easy to circumvent, if you do a little planning and want to steal something. The stickers are removable and re-attachable. You can register whatever, whenever you want. It is not done at the door. On my MacBook the serial number was taken from a screen, that I prepared. But even the CCC had several years of congress with this kind of "security". So I am not mad at the organizers. We even had one congress where every participant had his/her photo taken. This actually had a major uproar and wasn't done ever again. I think maybe the organizers will learn and do things differently next time. At least I hope if they do this again in Berlin. The most ridiculous things like not bringing lighters or no smoking outside the Hanger was removed from the Term & Conditions.