From 0e1ba20d6340ddc4233c158449bc12519bd82051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abner Coimbre Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:37:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Polish x6 Winding Down --- content/english/news/winding-down.md | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/english/news/winding-down.md b/content/english/news/winding-down.md index e94f8d9..5974d8c 100644 --- a/content/english/news/winding-down.md +++ b/content/english/news/winding-down.md @@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ This story has two parts: financial and personal. I hinted at economic trouble at the beginning of [this](/news/summer-update-2025/) summer update and in the bottom section of my Terminal Click [announcement](https://terminal.click/posts/2025/07/open-beta/). It's common knowledge profitable conferences are a dying species and I'm surprised I've lasted this long: Deconstruct, Strangeloop, Bang Bang Con, XOXO and other small-to-medium sized events vanished. Even corporate-backed conferences are no longer around: O'Reilly, Xfest, E3 and so on went away. -These days, most people wait until the last minute to buy tickets, which puts all the risk on me. I’ve pushed hard, but I can’t take that on anymore. - 2. **Personal Trauma** In the last Handmade Seattle I made a mistake with the balance of content. It was definitely jarring to have little in the way of old-school technical presentations. This caused a 50-50 split of positive versus negative feedback: the positive commentary came largely from newcomers, while the negative came largely from veterans. The reader can visit [older](/news) blog posts where I apologized and asked for feedback.