⇾ The Lifeblood of the Web – Matthias Ott
I haven’t had much time to read anything online between October and now. beyond tellerrand Berlin needed all my attention as well as the post event stuff afterwards and now Düsseldorf.
But I am slowly catching up on my RSS reader unread count. One post I just read was “The Lifeblood of the Web” which is a perfect “convince your boss” document with reasons why anyone should attend events.
That’s when you realize: the Web isn’t just a bunch of servers and websites. The Web is the people building it. The Web is community.
Very true as well as …
That’s what’s so invaluable about conferences, about in-person events in general. They are like a cheat code, like a magic door – you enter, and suddenly, you find yourself on the inside of the conversation. The faces, the names, the people behind the blog posts – they become real. And you stop feeling like just being an observer of the Web community. You are now a part of it.
As well as all the rest he writes and with which he brings back lots of lovely memories.
Thanks for being part of the ride, Matthias!