Meeting more people: Hallway++ means you're never interrupting

Wendy van Dijk yapc2009 at wendy.org
Tue May 21 10:16:24 PDT 2013


Count me in the hallway track.  Excellent initiative, I joined last 
year and enjoyed it.
Greetz, Wendy

At 07:02 PM 5/21/2013, Matt S Trout wrote:
 >tl;dr ->
 >
 >If it says Hallway++ on somebody's badge or on a sign at a table, they're in.
 >
 >People doing Hallway++ would prefer your default to be "come and say
 >hello" so they don't miss out on interesting conversations. Having to
 >say if it isn't convenient right now is a conciously chosen trade-off.
 >
 >Lurking is fine; it's ok to listen to the conversation and then
 >introduce yourself when there's a lull.
 >
 >Or, fundamentally:
 >
 >Hallway++ means you're never interrupting.
 >
 >full explanation ->
 >
 >http://shadow.cat/blog/matt-s-trout/hwppna-2013/
 >
 >We did this last year. It was awesome fun.
 >
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