The most visible and recognizable part of meetups are talks. That's what's advertised to get people to join the events and a good chunk of time and at

Hallway track is where the magic happens - archipylago

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The most visible and recognizable part of meetups are talks. That's what's advertised to get people to join the events and a good chunk of time and attention during the event is given to them. But there's more to meetups than just talks.

Don't get me wrong: the talks are an integral part of developer events and that's where we learn about new things and get inspired by what others have built and learned. If you haven't been to a lot of tech events, you may have missed the sometimes bit hidden part of them that makes them so beloved. We call it the "hallway track".

Hallway track is what happens outside the official program - in the hallways outside of the "track rooms" where the scheduled talks occur. In our meetups, that means the mingling before the talks start, between the talks, after the talks at the venue and in the post-meetup discussions at the pub.

The Pac-Man Rule, coined by Eric Holscher is one way everone in an event can make it easier for others to join the discussions:

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