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MozCamp EU 2009 (Prague)

Friday, Oct 9. 2009  –  Category: OpenSource

many thanks to the fine folks at Mozilla Europe for hosting a brilliant MozCamp EU 2009 conference. most people on PMO have summed up things already, but here are my few fleeting thoughts

• logistically, the conference went beautifully.  from the transit tickets upon arrival, to the boat trip cruise, to the transit ticket back to the airport thoughtfully tucked into the conference bag with directions on how to get back to the airport.  nice touch!
• i thought of this more as a “social” conference rather than an “educational” conference.  to be honest, most of what was presented was stuff i knew about already (JetPack, Thunderbird, etc.) but i was occasionally pleasantly surprised (Stratified Javascript <drooool>).
• i’d hoped for some more hands-on type talks in the Developer track, and indeed, i modeled my Songbird demo/talk on that presumption.  turns out i was wrong.  i hope folks who came to my Songbird talk at least found it useful.
• i loved loved loved LOVED getting to meet Mozilla and Songbird community folks i’d not yet met face to face before.  getting to meet our localiser-extraordinares Nukeador and Goofy was brilliant, and getting to meet AlfredKayser (one of our most prolific Featherers) was just great!
• generally just seeing old friends, and making new ones was a helluva lotta fun.  Prague is a great city to socialise in, and made for a great conference venue.

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