UPDATE: After pondering this post (it's been a slow afternoon) I have decided that actually I'm not much fussed about going to conferences for the following reasons;
- they're not really about 'seeing the world' but about working
- I don't really like 'networking' and can never remember peoples names (especially important people)
- I make page after page of notes on all the interesting talks but then can never read my handwriting making me sitting in a darkened room for hours on end scribbling away a pointless exercise
- It gets lonely, especially having a big bed all to yourself
- I have to leave the wife at home (see 4.)
- I don't have enough hands for carrying a suitcase, a laptop, a poster, a bag with all the junk I need for a flight and all the junk collected from the conference in (and that's me travelling light)
- I don't do jet-lag very well - I need a week to recover
- I don't like very hot/very cold weather (I always end up with one extreme)
- I never get a window seat when I ask for one
- US Immigration people scare me (the Dutch however I found to be overly friendly)
- I like my home comforts (see 5).
I'll just read the abstracts when they're published instead.
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