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

Khaled Hussein khaled.hussein at gmail.com
Tue May 21 11:04:16 PDT 2013


+1

On May 21, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Wendy van Dijk <yapc2009 at wendy.org> wrote:

> 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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