Eventyr: d.Construct

In trying to reflect on d.Construct 2007 I fear I have less to say than I would like.

From the volunteer’s perspective, a role I have filled many times at many other conferences, it was by far the slickest organised conference I have ever attended. Smoother even than the ones I used to organise back in the day. I’m glad to have helped for the little I could.

As a conference it also had the nicest T-shirts. This must be true as I actually plan to wear mine again. The gift bag was also darned good. These things so often get overlooked.

I remember that I was on a high from having my first pint of cider in a month the night before.

I remember I was jet-lagged, having flown back from the states and burning man the day before.

I remember the microphone not working just when I needed it to.

I remember really enjoying the talks.*

I remember drinking afterwards.

I remember drinking some more.

I remember wondering if I should have had some dinner.

And now I seem to have a notepad full of drawn faces, but I don’t recall who drew them.

This probably all summates to a very good conference (v.g.c.). Shame I don’t seem to have much in the way of notes.

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* I unfortunately clashed slightly with the talk that related to my research area, which somewhat wound me up through not mentioning all the masses of work being done in the area. It wasn’t a bad talk, in fact it had incredibly well-done slides, just not for me. Couldn’t be helped.

I did however develop an instant crush on Matt Webb for being the first person in my recollection to ever mention Grice in a presentation. I wish I had not just hit jetlag nap-time so I could have focussed more on the talk overall as it seemed potentially really fascinating; sadly sleep was battering at my concentration.