I've just had the pleasure of attending all four days of , which among other things
means I'm an old man now. But I digress ;)
The event has come extremely far in those years. And to be honest, I
struggle with the size. Back then, it was a meeting of like-minded
hackers. You had the feeling that you know a significant portion of the
attendees, and it was easy to connect to fellow hackers.
These days, both the number of attendees and the size of the event make
you feel much rather that you're in general public, rather than at some
meeting of fellow hackers. Yes, it is good to see that more people are
interested in what the CCC (and the selected speakers) have to say, but
somehow it comes at the price that I (and I suspect other old-timers)
feel less at home. It feels too much like various other technology
related events.
One aspect creating a certain feeling of estrangement is also the venue
itself. There are an incredible number of rooms, with a labyrinth of
hallways, stairs, lobbies, etc. The size of the venue simply makes it
impossible to simply _accidentally_ running into all of your fellow
hackers and friends. If I want to meet somebody, I have to make an
explicit appointment. That is an option that exits most of the rest of
the year, too.
While without much
potential to make the audience want to dig deeper into (information)
technology.
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