Will there be another TestBash Home next year?! I hope so!!! Loved the talks and the community! Would love to be more active now that I have had my first taste and know what to expect!
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Itās nice connecting with everyone around the world. I hope so too!
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Iād love for it to happen again next year. I get that this was a pivot due to the coronavirus crisis, but the Ā£50 ticket and the fact it was virtual made it more accessible to people who may not otherwise get a chance to attend conferences.
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I would also like to see this format repeated. I normally canāt afford to attend conferences. The low price and online format made it much easier for me to take advantage of it.
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I have kids so itās hard for me to get out to a conference for a couple of days, so this was perfect.
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@thetif, same here! Only reason I was able to attend! Would definitely do it again!
If we can figure out how one of us doesnāt have to stay up for 25-30 hours straight to be backstage boss, itās certainly something weād love to explore too 
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Maybe have some people sharing backstage boss duties? Preferably with overlapping shifts so that backstage boss 2 (BB2) is on for a couple of hours before BB1 signs off for some sleep. That way BB2 knows about any potential problems that BB1 might have run into along the way. Rinse and repeat with as many BBs as needed - as long as you have enough of them.
I loved the conference, and I think the 24 hour format was an awesome way to make sure everyone got to attend at least some of it live. Personally, once the talks are all up, Iāll be checking in to about half of part 2, all of parts 3 and 4, and some of part 5 where things went kind of insane on my end of the screen. Then Iāll be rewatching a few of the talks I did see live because they were just that great (although I maintain that nothing can ever top Alan Pageās bug tennis demonstration from Philadelphia).
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Weād love to do that. Unfortunately, not all bosses have strong enough internet connections for the tools that we explored in the run up to TestBash Home. Richards is the strongest and it struggled a lot with most of the options (struggle meaning speakers couldnāt be heard, a lag time of over a minute - ridiculous for attendee interaction, restrictions with the number of people on screen, pixellated slides). Weāve got lots of retrospecting and research still to do and weāre hopeful that something transpires from that so watch this space I guess 
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Well, as a non-boss, I wouldnāt mind being a volunteer backstage boss for a portion of the time involved - I donāt know how well my network connection would hold up to backstage boss duties, but I didnāt have any serious lag issues during the testbash.
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@heather_reid, thanks for the perspective. The mere bystander would never know what happens behind the scenes. Running division events for my last company I always took a moment to recognize all the behind the scenes effort that was put into making a successful event with those in attendance oblivious. Thanks for such a great event and much props for yāalls hardwork and dedication that made it so successful. In retrospect those āglitchesā are bigger in your mind than the audience, thatās from my experience as an event planner. Youāll always get your negative Nellyās, but this last point is a compliment in saying that I have no complaints and I hope yāall give yourselves a great big pat on the back ā the event was a huge, overwhelming success! One of the things Iāve found helpful is having diversions planned for when things donāt go well, like mini Plan B, C, D, etc. Even having attendees create the diversion themselves by having a slack based activity or something in The Club (i.e. a scavenger hunt or something along those lines). Anyway, just some ideas. Much love to yāall. (Iām from Texas yāall 
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Weāre baaaaaaack!
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