How Can We Contribute? .:. Walk & Talk Series, Graz Edition!

You know me... BEFORE going to events like the #HiveCreatorDays, I have many ideas and plans about it, and when I get there, everything falls apart... 😂 Not in a bad way, but I missed doing things that I planned, but usually, because I got "distracted" by great company of my fellow Hivians! It was like that this time... again... 😃 I had an idea of creating at least 2-3 Walk & Talk videos that I would publish during my stay, (teasing others who didn't come 😀), but I failed to do it... On the last day, I did record the video and had an idea to publish it at the airport, but that didn't happen as Klagenfurt airport is so small that there was barely place to fit into the room!

So here we are, a bit more than 24 hours after recording this video, in a completely different country, but still full of impressions and emotions of the #HCDGraz! This year's @Buzzparty event didn't disappoint, and it was even better than the last one! More cool people attended, the schedule was a bit more "relaxed", and I didn't have any presentation, so I didn't stress at all... That was a perfect state to help other "presenters" be more relaxed, and in the end, they did a great job!

Many people ask what the difference is between this event and, for example, HiveFest? Except for the fact that it had a limited number of participants, #BuzzParty usually gathers the "middle class" of HIVE... Many presentations were led by community (project) members and not "head/lead developers"... It was like community presenting tools for the community! And to be honest, these guys did a great job! Not just by presenting stuff that they use and work on, but also in INSPIRING others to join, to help out... That's why I put the title: "How Can We Contribute?", as that was the question that was asked many times during the event!

A lot of networking, sharing ideas, promoting HIVE by leaving stickers around the city, cleaning up the part which brought a lot of curious looks toward us... Many positive comments, some "Thanks for cleaning" from the visitors passing by... All in all, we spread a lot of good vibes all around Graz!

Stay tuned for more posts about #HCDGraz and the big recap post of the event that I will (eventually) publish... 😃

Now, I have to do a catch-up of all things that happened online in the last 7 days!

Thank you for your time.

--ph--