Greetings from Hamburg!
I have wanted to go to CCC for years, and this year I got my chance!
I've been to a few conferences in North America and they were good fun combined with a lot of good talks and activities. It can be hard to compare conferences directly so I'll give you the highs and lows and you can judge for yourself.
Good things:
- Easy to get involved
- Very participatory culture
- Volunteer ... CCC can use the help and it's a great way to get involved and meet people
- Everything is scheduled late in the day so jet lag is a non issue
Different things:
- Naturally many things are in German. Good time to learn, better would have been before arriving:)
Bad things:
- Air Canada was late out of the gate in Calgary and blew my cnx in Frankfurt, Bonus points for giving me the 2nd worst seat on the plane.