thoughts on in-person conferences during covid, after my first one (a thread)
this was vaccinated and masked, and more than safe enough for me, though past me would disagree about eg unmasked speakers (20 feet from audience tho)
vaccine requirement was not verified, this seemed ok to me
the restaurant exception carries over to a conference in some form of social osmosis, beause people drink coffee and stuff at conferences
.. so mask discipline was not total, but better than I have seen most anywhere ever.
Granted I live in an area with really poor handling of everything covid.
(this community is pretty good about respecting others, which helps)
I have difficulty sometimes recognising faces at conferences and wow, masks make this 10x harder
sometimes I failed to recognise someone with their
mask off after I'd had a conversation with masks on
social distancing of chairs in a conference room is great, makes it really easy to get to a seat and avoids getting squashed in between people
we all have this new thing to talk about, which can be nice to break the ice, though it didn't dominate.
particularly enjoyed a convo about how some extroverts realized during lockdown that they were actually sometimes introverts, and vice-versa
