Of course I've never been to FOU, but I've been to just about every
FOO ever, I think.
FWIW, a safari, if interesting and fun, wouldn't necessarily be out
of bounds at FOO. Over the years there have been excursions offered
(to a local artist workshop around the corner, to a performance by
Tim O'Reilly's wife's theatre troupe, a "working session" to create a
huge Psilon Warrior logo so the Google Maps fly-over of the
encampment would have something catchy to photograph).
The important thing about a FOO is that everybody needs to bring
something to share and needs to come ready to learn something new.
FOO does plan a few surprises (for instance, somebody came to the
last one from Ken Burn's team and showed us a preview of his newest
series) and they invite people with interesting opinions (which
should be easy pulling from Silk). Apart from that, conversation and
shared activity (oh, and available wireless) are the only important
givens.
Danese
On Nov 11, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
Pros outweigh the cons. Besides, I think the idea is to meet and
talk. I
don't see why a Safari should be a part of FoU.
