One more HiveFest has passed...
and I feel overwhelmed when I try to resume all that happened in just a few days.
Post outline:
Text first, photos next!
I'm getting myself into trouble by mentioning some people because that inevitably leads to forgetting to mention some other people! If that happened to you, feel free to use the comments as a complaints book!
In a nutshell:
- Great talks... as usual.
- Great venues... as usual.
- Great vibes among participants... as usual.
@roelandp nailed it... as always!
Shout-out for the volunteers who did a very nice job. It was nice to see @artakush again. In my eyes, he's now a soup guru, together with
@minigunner.
@priyanarc and
@blind-spot, you are grateful to Hive for everything but Hive is also super lucky to have you. ❤️
The same goes for @zirochka, who happens to like my country a lot and was even close to my hometown a few years ago (1, 2)! Small world "She told me" with a bright in her eyes.
@lizanomadsoul,
@gtg and
@louis88 (this one repeatedly, I must say 😎) asked me for the red wine that I usually bring and this year I didn't. Travelling light, guys. Sorry about that!
Anyway... who needs wine when @detlev is around?! Nice to see you again! Looking younger as time goes by. The beersaturday night was fun and well organized so, thanks for you work!
@steevc was there being himself. Good mood, playing the guitar and running in the morning 😀. Nice talking to you since Krákow.
I got to meet @tdctunes. I only found him recently online but soon started to listen to his music. Nice to meet you! Keep up the good work!
Another person I didnt know before was @revisesociology. It was great talking to you. He was living in Portugal until recently and we had much to talk about.
About Portugal... @pardinus and
@xrayman also came and it was super cool! Not that I would feel lonely but this way I got to speak the language that
@karinxxl describes as a mix of spanish and russian (I guess she's got a point there). 😁
@lemouth!!! I've been reading his stuff for ages. I finally met the man! Your presentation was not only very good but super useful. Thank you, you're the real deal.
Still research-related... during the closing dinner I conducted a thorough investigation that involved... Asking him... and now I know how to correctly pronounce @howo. Don't pretende ya'll know that, because I listened to you using diferent pronounciations and half of you were wrong! 😜
@arcange convinced me (most of us) to say a weird phrase on video. Kind of a Belgian secret key to finding out if someone is friendly or an enemy. It involves strange sounds but I think I did ok!
@jeffjagoe came a long way AGAIN to meet the Hiveians IRL. It was awesome to see you, man!
Now let me drop some photos of the trip, the city and the event.
The famous bike parking close to the Central Station
Volkshotel
Heineken Experience
Waiting for the flight
See you soon!