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[2351.56 --> 2356.76] hand things out to people or get so many food trucks that they can handle like the concurrency |
[2356.76 --> 2358.08] of, of enough people. |
[2358.64 --> 2363.62] Um, uh, pretty much every food truck, like by far the majority of food truck situations |
[2363.62 --> 2366.90] end up poorly, uh, which is why I've avoided them at TXJS. |
[2367.00 --> 2372.02] Even though food trucks are delicious and it's a really good idea, it's, it's very hard to, |
[2372.10 --> 2372.66] to manage. |
[2372.66 --> 2377.44] And so if you're running a conference, be very, be very aware of, of that problem. |
[2377.80 --> 2379.46] So, so here, here's, here's the tip. |
[2379.52 --> 2382.34] You, you have to find a food truck that also does catering. |
[2382.34 --> 2385.86] So if they say specifically that they also do catering, they don't just come and park |
[2385.86 --> 2386.10] there. |
[2386.20 --> 2390.18] Then they, in their prep kitchen, they know how to make a ton of something and then show |
[2390.18 --> 2392.02] up with all of it and everybody can eat right away. |
[2392.52 --> 2397.36] Um, the, the, the, the, Alex is, is talking about was a node conf in 2012. |
[2397.36 --> 2401.32] And we actually did two different food trucks, one of which was very good at that. |
[2401.32 --> 2403.52] And everybody ate and got out of there in time. |
[2403.52 --> 2405.80] And the other one didn't process the line for an hour and a half. |
[2405.84 --> 2407.18] And we had to push everything back. |
[2407.76 --> 2413.72] Um, I'd like to circle back really quick to people that are interested in wanting to speak |
[2413.72 --> 2414.40] at conferences. |
[2414.40 --> 2422.76] Um, so I know that in New York, there's this really great thing that Tracy Hines and Justin |
[2422.76 --> 2429.30] put out called a right to speak where people get together and they have like abstract ideas |
[2429.30 --> 2434.92] or just maybe even like a few talk topics that they're interested in, you know, workshopping |
[2434.92 --> 2437.16] and trying to help people flesh them out. |
[2437.16 --> 2444.16] And if you're, I would suggest if you are interested in speaking, don't do it unless |
[2444.16 --> 2447.36] you're super passionate, not don't do it. |
[2447.36 --> 2447.94] Like don't do it. |
[2448.94 --> 2456.56] Don't, don't do it unless you're actually like really legitimately passionate about what |
[2456.56 --> 2457.86] it is that you're talking about. |
[2457.86 --> 2463.30] Cause there's nothing worse than somebody that's there, obviously just because they wanted to |
[2463.30 --> 2468.06] go to a conference and they thought that they could speak because everybody else was doing |
[2468.06 --> 2472.84] it and they get up there and it's just like the driest painful thing to watch. |
[2473.28 --> 2479.30] Um, aside from that, I would also suggest saying, read a lot of abstracts, go on, you know, |
[2479.36 --> 2484.60] past few years of conference sites, see what the talks look like that people have written, |
[2484.80 --> 2489.82] um, see the tone that they use, tell like the story that you were trying to tell. |
[2489.90 --> 2492.78] Don't just tell me what it is you're going to teach me. |
[2492.78 --> 2495.28] I want to know why you want to teach somebody that. |
[2495.28 --> 2504.28] And I've read a lot of, uh, I, I did some, um, proposal reviews for, um, empire and you |
[2504.28 --> 2506.02] would be so surprised. |
[2506.18 --> 2510.16] Well, you two wouldn't be so surprised, but everybody out there that thinks that everybody |
[2510.16 --> 2515.78] out there that thinks that, oh, they can't write an abstract you get, I would say, let's |
[2515.78 --> 2522.76] say you get a conference that has 300, uh, applications and there's maybe only 30. |
[2522.76 --> 2525.52] 30, uh, 30 speaking slots. |
[2525.76 --> 2531.88] I guarantee you like two thirds of all of those submissions are going to be terrible anyway. |
[2531.88 --> 2536.26] Cause it's people that are just like putting in a sentence where it's like, I want to talk |
[2536.26 --> 2542.36] about react components, or I think it would be really neat to talk about, you know, currying |
[2542.36 --> 2547.68] or something like the, the people that actually put in effort are the ones that have a way better |
[2547.68 --> 2551.00] chance than the people that are just throwing their hat in the ring for the sake of it. |
[2551.32 --> 2551.64] Yeah. |
[2551.94 --> 2552.22] Yeah. |
[2552.34 --> 2557.02] But before I kind of stopped doing, uh, organizing conferences, cause I was kind of burning out |
[2557.02 --> 2557.28] on it. |
[2557.38 --> 2561.50] The main advice that I put in the CFP every time was tell me a story. |
[2561.58 --> 2563.62] Like it should have a beginning and a middle and end. |
[2563.70 --> 2565.46] I don't need to know about the technology. |
[2565.56 --> 2566.66] I can read the docs for that. |
[2566.68 --> 2569.72] And a lot of these abstracts just look like an outline of the documentation. |
[2569.72 --> 2574.14] What I want to know is like, why did you create it or why did you decide to use it? |
[2574.22 --> 2578.58] Like, what is that, that narrative that makes this a compelling thing to learn and to get |
[2578.58 --> 2578.86] into? |
[2579.00 --> 2582.18] Because if it's, if you're just telling me what the documentation says, like I could |
[2582.18 --> 2583.18] do that when I leave. |
[2583.38 --> 2588.26] The job of a speaker is not to teach everybody in 20 minutes how to use something. |
[2588.26 --> 2592.50] It's actually to teach them why it's compelling enough that they would go home and continue |
[2592.50 --> 2593.00] to learn it. |
[2593.58 --> 2593.68] Yeah. |
[2593.76 --> 2597.72] I think that's exactly what I was going to say is, is that as a speaker and as someone who |
[2597.72 --> 2603.98] choose the speakers, I absolutely would be fine if everyone walked away having learned |
[2603.98 --> 2608.38] nothing except for being inspired to go learn more. |
[2608.62 --> 2613.32] Like I saw the value proposition in X and now I want to go read the docs. |
[2613.60 --> 2619.50] Like I gained enough motivation from that talk in order to go put in the work to actually |
[2619.50 --> 2624.90] learn it because anyone reading documentation to you for 20 minutes is not going to be compelling. |
[2624.90 --> 2628.18] Um, and this is a waste of your money for the most part. |
[2628.56 --> 2634.78] So I totally agree that definitely inspire people, like give them the, and I don't mean |
[2634.78 --> 2639.24] like, uh, slimy wimey, uh, everybody is great. |
[2639.42 --> 2642.30] Uh, everyone is a special unicorn type inspiration. |
[2642.52 --> 2643.84] Those talks can be very good too. |
[2643.94 --> 2649.66] I'm not against those talks, but I mean like really, uh, talk about why you're excited about |
[2649.66 --> 2655.40] something and how it changed things for you or something like that or, or why it's important |
[2655.40 --> 2657.74] for like the web or something. |
[2657.82 --> 2661.32] And I think those types of talks really go over much better. |
[2662.06 --> 2665.46] I want to hear about the journey, not, not the steps. |
[2665.92 --> 2666.36] Yeah. |
[2666.98 --> 2668.54] That's a, that's a good way to put it. |
[2668.64 --> 2668.82] Yeah. |
[2669.36 --> 2669.58] Cool. |
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