On 31 July 2010 18:15, Austin Hair <adhair(a)gmail.com> wrote:
To answer the original post, many projects have
resulted from random
talks at dinners during Wikimania, five-minute chats between sessions,
and people just getting to know each other. I wish I could take the
time to make a more complete list—I think it would be great if other
people would weigh in on this thread, though.
Yes. Basically: Wikimedians meeting each other in person is an
excellent way to generate unexpected good things happening. Wikimania
in particular gets the greatest variety of Wikimedians meeting and
generating unexpected good things. It seems in practice to be powerful
enough for people to keep wanting to put in the effort.
- d.