Re: [Builder] Developer experience (DX) hackfest 2016

[Christian Hergert <christian hergert me>]

On 12/24/2015 11:17 AM, philip chimento gmail com wrote:
> I'm really interested in participating but circumstances prevent me from
> attending in person. I just signed up as the first remote participant.
> My purpose with this e-mail is to encourage other remotees to sign up;
> and to ask for some ideas about how remotees can meaningfully participate.

This is great, and something I'd like to see more of, given what travel
does to our environment.

What can we do to make sure you feel enabled to participate?

Assuming you'll be in Vancouver, -9 hours from Belgium, this is going to
be quite a sacrifice for you. We usually get started between 09:00 and
10:00, so midnight to sunrise for you.

Alternatively, if we're good about having work items on a public board,
you could work on things while we sleep, in true F/OSS fashion.

So I guess that brings me back to my question, what can we do?

 * Remote video? (assuming participants are comfortable with that)
 * More IRC conversations, or dedicated stenographer?
 * Etherpad for notes/conversations?

I think one thing that would help is for remote participants to prepare
a list of topics they'd like to ensure are discussed, since we usually
start by white-boarding topics for the 3-day session.

Cheers,

-- Christian