> I think it was in Austin, the crazy one where it snowed.
One my favorite memories of Dan is him going from venue to venue during this crazy "snowstorm" in Austin (it was less than an inch) trying to make sure that everyone got more drink tickets. And he would joke "If I don't come back from the next place send a pack of sled dogs after me" or something.
Out of all his duties he took giving extra drink tickets to attendees very seriously, that was his thing.
> this crazy "snowstorm" in Austin (it was less than an inch)
Coming from MN and NY, that was nothing, but I had only packed t-shirts. The first I was aware of any snow was when walking out of the conference and seeing a BMW covered with an inch of it (from elsewhere? there was nothing on other cars).
Like the other poster said, Dan was an influence in people's careers/lives and definitely on mine, even if I met him only a few times per year. I changed jobs and no longer have the original emails, but somehow he put me in touch with folks at CoreOS about a blog post, which led to a lot of networking that I probably would have never made otherwise, including a relay race in LA(!)...
One my favorite memories of Dan is him going from venue to venue during this crazy "snowstorm" in Austin (it was less than an inch) trying to make sure that everyone got more drink tickets. And he would joke "If I don't come back from the next place send a pack of sled dogs after me" or something.
Out of all his duties he took giving extra drink tickets to attendees very seriously, that was his thing.