NeilB

If you're at YAPC::EU, please blog about the conference and your experience, and preferably do that before the end of this weekend: (1) the thoughts are still fresh in your mind, and we'll get your raw unedited thoughts, and (2) you stand a better chance of getting a mention in PerlWeekly :-)

Once you've published your blog post, tweet about it with the #yapceu and #perl hashtags — that will increase your audience. For extra credit, please add a link to your blog post on the list of blog posts.

What should you write about? Here are some ideas.

• What talks did you attend, and what did you think of them? (be respectful, please)
• What things did you learn?
• What things surprised or excited you? Were there any moments when you thought "hey, I never thought about that!"
• Who stood out as great speakers, and why?
• What things are you fired up to do as a result of going?
• What about the people?
• What was the Perl 6 vibe?
• What non-Perl things did you see / hear? Should there more more or less non-perl stuff?
• What's the one that that speakers could improve on?

Thinking about the conference itself:

• Talk about the venue, the organisation, any side events, and general logistics
• What things worked well?
• What suggestions do you have for people running next year's YAPC::EU to make it even better?

If doesn't need to be long. Maybe you just write one or two paragraphs on the one talk that really inspired you.

Why bother?

• For those of us unable to attend, reading your blog posts is a way to vicariously experience YAPC::EU.
• You might encourage people to attend next year's conference.
• It helps "make noise" about the conference, which may encourage sponsors.
• Anything I've missed?