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Virtual events

I participated yet another virtual event yesterday/today the LeadDev Live. It used to be a great conference, kinda still is as the content and quality is really top notch.

While I enjoyed the content I still don't get the event aspect of these virtual substitutions. I could as well be watching a recording from real event. Doesn't feel any different than that. It just doesn't convey the atmosphere of actually being there, meeting people and having that together feeling. I miss that. I hope there will still be on-site conferences after the pandemic is over and we return back to normal. And I say this as an introvert.

Maybe it's the introverted side of me that makes these virtual meetings feel so distant. People at the normal gatherings are already distant to me so trying to be present virtually is just too much to feel the connection