We uhm.. had a lovely party at Akademy

Just after the first day of conference talks, it was time for a party!

The party was held at the Love Hotel Nightclub, in Tampere. For the first few hours, the club was reserved for KDE alone, and everyone was able to chat with each other. And this is actually quite easy. You walk in front of a random developer, ask their name, and what he/she does in KDE. That's all you really need! And gives you a good head start for a conversation, full of enthusiasm for what the other is doing! That atmosphere alone is really unmatched elsewhere. Unbelievable and amazing. Later the evening, other local people also entered the club. It creating a nice mix up of hackers and locals. (and various girls!)

At the dinner beforehand, my fellow project members wondered how a KDE party would look like - taking the taking the high level of geekness into account. Well trust me I stated: KDE people can party!! Even dance and set a really good atmosphere! And it turned out to be real. Sjors mentioned afterwards this was the best best party he ever had!

During the evening we also got into a conversation up with college students from Mexico, and naturally you'll have to explain yourself. Like what friends you are with. To get the message across to the girls, I briefly said it was actually quite weird. and cool at the same time. We're here with ~300 friends. All from around the world, meeting here together in Tampere. [wow. what is the relation?] Well, again quite weird and cool. We make software. You know there is Windows, there is Apple. But there is a third one. And this one is done by volunteers. They work on it because they love to it. And that's something I admire. Like those anime people in the park today; totally dressed up. They also do that they love to do. And now we're here to build amazing software. As a means to improve the world. [wow]

The message got through pretty nice actually. It was not a talk about technical details, from mind to mind (like we tend to talk). It was a message from the heart, to the heart. It kind of struck her as I patiently told it, giving pauses, and letting the effect get through. It showed and shared the feeling and enthusiasm we all have, and it worked really well!

The rest of the night continued with amazing music by the DJ, and a lot of dancing, taking pictures, etc.. I hope to receive some pictures of the others over there. Perhaps they are better not to be posted here. Aaron dancing yikey close, just for the fun of it. Me getting kind of itchy screaming, and there are pictures of that too. Taken by locals.

wow that was a party. Did I recall that was with geeks? I'm dazzled, and even more when we took the final photo. It was taken after the party. At 3:39.