#SoCraTesUK, Buzzfeed Edition

People came to beautiful Wotton House, the new venue for SoCraTes UK, from all over Europe.

I'm on my way to LGW! And I have wifi onboard #socratesuk pic.twitter.com/3rUWB7Vykq

— Aki Salmi (@rinkkasatiainen) June 2, 2016

The @socrates_uk venue is beautiful. Lot's of interesting discussion for the first night, time to sleep #socratesuk pic.twitter.com/FW6aAEGoec

— Emilien Pecoul (@Ouarzy) June 2, 2016

Thanks a lot @codurance for this awesome day @SoCraTes_UK I had a great time! #socratesuk pic.twitter.com/uTnz7fteKn

— Ana (@titacelli) June 3, 2016

There were many software people.

Lightning talks at #socratesuk pic.twitter.com/smP7htiVym

— SoCraTes UK (@SoCraTes_UK) June 2, 2016

Market place at #socratesuk pic.twitter.com/ZFzjkm3e1f

— Sandro Mancuso (@sandromancuso) June 3, 2016

And much food and coffee.

All set up for the first session at #socratesuk. Coffee at room 310 pic.twitter.com/8NhkzxAGUB

— Aki Salmi (@rinkkasatiainen) June 2, 2016

The most popular session at #socratesUK was coffee making. Thanks @rinkkasatiainen! pic.twitter.com/izriXVdCuY

— Johan Martinsson 🇺🇦 getting rid of ⛽-addiction (@johan_alps) June 4, 2016

Pancake printer! #socratesuk pic.twitter.com/JLGWjIUI0q

— Ivan Sanchez (@s4nchez) June 4, 2016

The open space was pretty full.

This is the magic rule - there's almost zero social cost to walking into or out of a conversation. #socratesuk pic.twitter.com/odHbBixV0q

— Suzy Hamilton (@suzyhamilton) June 4, 2016

Open space rules at #socratesuk great work by @pr0bablyfine pic.twitter.com/1AmMNxpUF3

— Dmitry Kandalov (@dmitrykandalov) June 3, 2016

#socratesuk sessions filling up nicely pic.twitter.com/o0httzglzL

— Rachel (@rachelcdavies) June 3, 2016

#SoCraTesUK day one "marketplace": pic.twitter.com/dBmo54LSv0

— @[email protected] (@henrik) June 3, 2016

What a weekend at @SoCraTes_UK #socratesuk! Stunning venue, amazing people and awesome sessions! Now back to reality pic.twitter.com/8g4cS5fKSw

— AntonyMarcano (@AntonyMarcano) June 6, 2016

I even ran a session, despite sleeping through the announcement.

"hi, I'm Samir" @SamirTalwar did change a lot over night. #socrates pic.twitter.com/xtDZoaaYlz

— A 🐺 of ❄️ and 🔥 (@RidingWolf) June 4, 2016

And even when the conference was over, the conversations kept going.

The last session at #socratesuk
Amazing pic.twitter.com/StMAvr7j1V

— Alex Soler Sanandres (@XelamRelos) June 5, 2016

All in all, amazing conference.

#socratesuk pic.twitter.com/owfoxySB8I

— Tom Oram (@tomphp) June 6, 2016

My takeaway: it’s not about the code.

A good intro to cognitive dissonance: "Mistakes were made (but not my me)" #socratesuk https://t.co/ijEDlbISJS

— Ivan Sanchez (@s4nchez) June 3, 2016

Mindmap of the "Saying I don't know" session #socratesuk https://t.co/puG9A67sUR /cc @stphrolland

— Ivan Sanchez (@s4nchez) June 3, 2016

#socratesuk Software Craftsmanship for ... Managers.
Thank you for your insights. pic.twitter.com/PcP2HcbKXg

— Alex Soler Sanandres (@XelamRelos) June 3, 2016

OH "real developers Force Push" #stardeveloper #socratesuk

— A 🐺 of ❄️ and 🔥 (@RidingWolf) June 4, 2016

Team smells at #socratesuk pic.twitter.com/AwgP9Wm2dT

— Callum Rogers (@callumorphism) June 4, 2016

"People who 'just get the coding done' " is a teamsmell. #socratesuk

— A 🐺 of ❄️ and 🔥 (@RidingWolf) June 3, 2016

"It's better to give negative feedback than false positives or no feedback at all" @deniseyu21 #socratesuk

— Alex Wilson (@pr0bablyfine) June 3, 2016

Thanks for your thoughts about "Leading and Coaching for techies" at #SocratesUK: results https://t.co/dpoafTC2aZ pic.twitter.com/38c5qSY95m

— Johan Martinsson 🇺🇦 getting rid of ⛽-addiction (@johan_alps) June 4, 2016

Mentoring session at #socratesuk @SoCraTes_UK pic.twitter.com/1p61ZIzrLf

— Daniel Irvine (@danielirvine) June 3, 2016

"Rather than cultivating empathy... maybe we need to find a way to cultivate compassion." Great lightning talk from @bnathyuw. #socratesuk

— @[email protected] (@deniseyu21) June 4, 2016

The more I talk to people at #SoCraTesUK, the more I feel that software development is all about empathy. Code is just the medium.

— Mastodon: @[email protected] (@SamirTalwar) June 3, 2016

Until next year, folks.

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