[tantek]I liked the topic-based lunch destinations that we did at Berlin, I thought it worked well to break down some social barriers (i.e. you could go to lunch with strangers without requiring prior social ties)
[Rose]But the lunch topics were fun, not sure how productive the ones were that I wasn't at, and I do feel like I missed out a little because I couldn't eat multiple lunches simultaneously
ZegnatMy only problem with vegetarian/vegan only is that those dishes are more likely to contain things I do not eat than meatier dishes. Although in Utrecht sebsel was fine to finish whatever I left on my plate, hahaha
ZegnatAnd one of the reasons I think [tantek] mentioned for catering lunch on day 2 is that people specifically do not need to leave the venue on hack day
[manton]Speaking of Brent Simmons (from the earlier discussion) this line from his latest blog post is very IndieWeb-y. "And it’s a reminder that we can create things that don’t appear on Twitter, Facebook, or Medium. Putting up a website isn’t hard. And it’s fun!"
sknebelinteresting, I found the lunch topic thing in Berlin more a hassle, both because of the time the constraint solving took and the prospect of eating something I wasn't in the mood for if I wanted to avoid topics I knew I didn't really want to talk about, and ended up going to none of the proposed places (caveated with that I wasn't in the best mood due to being ill)
aaronpki wasn't there so i haven't experienced that yet, but I do like the idea that it gives newcomers an easy way to find people to eat lunch with without having to "ask permission", maybe there's some way to do both
[tantek]what gRegorLove said. We're spending so much time indoors on a Saturday that it's just plain healthier to take a break and get some outside air, sun etc. Also helps with a mental reset between discussion topics, which is more important on day 1 than 2
[tantek]I would suggest rather than worrying about avoiding topics, to instead seek out which topic(s) you prefer over others. Also I'm curious which topics elicited a strong "avoid" response - perhaps we can be sensitive to that in the future
[tantek]and that's a reasonable request, that people speak up for a topic they want to discuss with a lunch place that fits their requirements, rather than being a passive participant
[tantek]Also, is it too presumptuous to assume <cityname> lunch + Google / Google Maps / Yelp / Foursquare is a technique known to most if not all for finding places in a city they don't know?
[tantek]I dislike the "like a conference thing to do" reasoning, as it tends to imply/presume a *paid / professional* conference that has a paid organizer that can be asked to all kinds of tasks by attendees
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[schmarty] if only
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