7. Justify the conference cost
• Five things you can use now
• Talk to a module author
• Meet someone who can help you
• Make business or sales contacts
9. Is everyone using a Powerbook (MacBook)?
Is anyone actua$y listening to the talks?
Do people rea$y IRC with the person sitting
next to them?
Did the author just patch that live?
Why are the slides in Latin (or Klingon)?
11. Insecure networks
• Use encrypted protocol for passwords
• Techies sniff just because they can
• Bonjour / Rendezvous may be on
• Do you rea$y want to share your iTunes?
• Network users may connect to you
• May not be part of the conference
15. With Speakers...
• Don’t hog their time
• Take into account sleep deprivation
• Help them remember you
• Remember they have things to do too
http://stephengoldin.com/pro_etiquette.html
17. Be Social
• The good stuff is outside the sessions
• Meet new people
• Attach yourself to groups
• How to Schmooze
http://www.onlamp.com/ lpt/a/5989
18. Be Social+
• Tag your tweets & pics
#yapceu2011
• Publicize the conference
20. Reality Distortion Field
• Proximity breeds hubris
• People 5om groups
• Someone puts up a wiki
• Someone creates a schema
• Everyone goes back to reality