Thanks for the weekend! Got to put a face on a few names, and talk of interesting things ...

Random notes:

• The nametag thing was a good idea
• The systematic schedule slip was a bit annoying (and predictable), and beginning/end times could have been enforced a bit more strictly.
• I liked the learning workshop, and the one on mnemonics, and the one on Fermi estimates; but there were interesting ideas dispersed in all workshops.
• Something to avoid for the next mnemonic workshop: an exercise where people can be asked to form a vivid mental link between "vomit" and <something edible> (... though ... I imagine that might sometimes be a useful hack to improve one's diet by eliminating some particular unhealthy things from it ...)
• I was a bit surprised by how hard I found it to understand some people's German accent ...

I would probably have preferred less workshop and more interesting side discussions, though I'm not sure of a good way of ensuring that the side discussions stay of high quality.

Overall the organizers did a great job at finding a usable location in a nice part of town for so many people, finding places to eat for everybody, etc.