Can be done as online gaming events
> - Asking Vinod a question about next-gen registers at Program Synthesis Conference
Can be done using a microphone and camera attached to your device
> - Animated discussion about cpu design over beers post conference in SF
Animated conversations can be done via microphone and video
> - Talking to a startup about IOT management on the roof of an Accel event
Can be done as a vendor breakout with a virtual background of a roof
> - When I was a college student sitting on a folding chair and chatting with a nice woman about the startups pitching at TechCrunch40 (turned out to be M Mayer)
You can always sit in a folding chair and chat with M Mayer in a slack room for the breakout
> - Drew pitching me on Dropbox before launch in Cambridge (boring, I thought)
Drew also has a microphone and camera I bet, but it probably won’t make him less boring
> - Nate pitching me AirBedAndBreakfast in Mountain View (loved the idea from the get go)
Who would ever want to actually go to Mountain View? (N.b., I lived there for many years)