The end of the conference era

And yet, what happens "around a conference" (socializing, meeting people, discovering new things) only happens at conferences. The human interaction is dominating.

I don't agree that the talk format is bad, either - the problem is that, at many conferences, many non-professional speakers (and those include a bunch of seriously good developers) are simply unable to structure and deliver a good talk.

But, if we find another system to deliver the content in-person, it'll be a nice addition.