A lot of people are willing to try new things right now. Rapid prototyping of online EA meetups could lead to better ability to do remote collaboration permanently. This helps cut against a key constraint in matching problems, co-location.
This is a really good point. I’d love to see more people look into this.
One thing I’ve really liked is Zoom breakout groups… I think if done right they can actually be better than in-person meetups for coordinating discussion among >20 people.
A lot of people are willing to try new things right now. Rapid prototyping of online EA meetups could lead to better ability to do remote collaboration permanently. This helps cut against a key constraint in matching problems, co-location.
This is a really good point. I’d love to see more people look into this.
One thing I’ve really liked is Zoom breakout groups… I think if done right they can actually be better than in-person meetups for coordinating discussion among >20 people.
Though apparently Zoom’s privacy sucks (see also).