I spent the last several days at the ScienceOnline conference in Raleigh, and I am exhausted. These conferences, even more than technical conferences I attend for work, require me to be “switched on” for most of my waking day \u2014 there is only one session each day that involves someone standing up and talking to you, for just an hour \u2014 the rest of the time you are engaged in a group discussion, or talking to people between those session. The energy is amazing, though and that, plus a good dose of caffeine kept me amped up until I crashed.<\/p>\n
I got to meet quite a few people, and as always, they were all people working on impressive projects and programs. I always feel a bit overwhelmed, in an imposter-syndrome sort of way, finding out what everyone else is working on, though my line of “I build atomic clocks for the navy” usually elicits a “that’s cool” response, and I haven’t gotten tired of hearing it. Physics+astronomy was fairly well-represented \u2014 better than in previous years, from what I can tell. (We had a lunch group and filled up two tables (16 slots) of people talking physics).<\/p>\n
I intend to write a few session summaries once I’ve recovered and when I get a little time in the next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I spent the last several days at the ScienceOnline conference in Raleigh, and I am exhausted. These conferences, even more than technical conferences I attend for work, require me to be “switched on” for most of my waking day \u2014 … Continue reading