[diversity] neuro diversity observations post RIPE 78

Hi,

Just want to chime in that as an reasonbly introverted person with autistic treats (yes, it is true but I think I mask it pretty well) I saw two things that made me especially happy this event:

* The piloting of slido for getting more questions than the speakers, than just besides the mic. I tried the mic once and I had eh, startup problems. No worries though
* I also think the decorating the badge is a splendid idea, as it makes it definitely easier to break the ice amongst attendees for talking abouit subjects


If you haven’t seen it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fD2BvS3Aqw (Nerd Wrangling 101 from SHA2017) is a good talk about the subject of neurodiversity.

I also enjoyed being a mentor, I had doubt at first that my knowledge about the community was still current after being out for ±10 years. It seems my mentee also enjoyed it and gave him a good head start in the community.

With regard to feedback from that area, he mentioned that during one of the main room sessions there was a strange sound that gave him the impression of having tinnitus, I also repeatedly got distracted by people’s phones and laptop sometimes making sound. Can happen of course, but sometimes it made you almost wonder to have a tech talk on “how to set my device on mute” ?

Best Regards,
    Ruben