http://yergler.net/blog/2006/01/02/to-san-francisco-by-way-of-dallas-and-lovely-amarillo/ Because eventually I'll be right. Theoretically. Thu, 17 May 2012 14:37:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://yergler.net/blog/2006/01/02/to-san-francisco-by-way-of-dallas-and-lovely-amarillo/comment-page-1/#comment-119 The More Things Change, the More They Stay The Same (PyCon 2006) at the law of averages Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:42:36 +0000 http://yergler.net/blog/2006/01/02/to-san-francisco-by-way-of-dallas-and-lovely-amarillo/#comment-119 [...] So the most obvious change was the con moving to Texas. I have mixed feelings about Texas. You know, ever since spending time in Amarillo, I just don’t feel too fondly for it. But I put that aside; PyCon is usually the most productive and worthwhile conference I attend each year. An unexpected difference related to the change of venue is the change of atmosphere around the conference. Not the conference itself, but its surroundings. In Washington, there was a small grocery in the basement, a food court off the lobby and lots of diversity in walking distance. In Addison, there’s still food with walking distance, but its a further distance, and the hotel generally feels a little more separated from the surrounding community. I’m not sure this is a bad thing—in Washington when the day’s events ended lots of people scattered. In Addison there seemed to be lots of group dinners and late night hacking, which is cool. And really, if resturants where distance n from the conference in Washington, they’re no more than 3n here, which as we all know is the same O(). [...] [...] So the most obvious change was the con moving to Texas. I have mixed feelings about Texas. You know, ever since spending time in Amarillo, I just don’t feel too fondly for it. But I put that aside; PyCon is usually the most productive and worthwhile conference I attend each year. An unexpected difference related to the change of venue is the change of atmosphere around the conference. Not the conference itself, but its surroundings. In Washington, there was a small grocery in the basement, a food court off the lobby and lots of diversity in walking distance. In Addison, there’s still food with walking distance, but its a further distance, and the hotel generally feels a little more separated from the surrounding community. I’m not sure this is a bad thing—in Washington when the day’s events ended lots of people scattered. In Addison there seemed to be lots of group dinners and late night hacking, which is cool. And really, if resturants where distance n from the conference in Washington, they’re no more than 3n here, which as we all know is the same O(). [...]

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