As previously announced, this weekend marked the first ever DokuWiki meetup at this year's FrOSCon. I arrived at Siegburg/Bonn on Friday at around 19:30 and – after checking in at my hotel which I btw definitely recommend – spent the evening eating and chit-chatting in a nice Pizzeria with Andreas Gohr, Michael Klier and Guy Brand.

Saturday and Sunday were both mostly dedicated to coding¹⁾ and discussing DokuWiki²⁾, and thanks to this I actually did not attend any talks at all, although the keynotes by Andrew Tanenbaum and Rasmus Lerdorf as well as a talk about documentation were on my list. Given how awesome it was to meet all those nice people³⁾ for the first time ever in real-life and how much fun we had⁴⁾, I don't regret this a bit though Even the two guys from TWiki paying us a visit on Saturday seemed to feel comfortable

Sadly, I had to leave at around 15:50 on Sunday to catch my train in Siegburg (which then actually was cancelled thanks to some problem with its engine what then caused me spending one hour something sitting on the floor in the substitute train – did I mention that I simply love the Deutsche Bahn?). Even though I'm awfully tired and will prolly have to survive this week with this being the case, I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, and I really hope there will be a next time for all that grouphugging and productivity boost, even if there are no DokuWiki stickers⁵⁾ or a drink-of-your-choice flatrate at some social event⁶⁾

Update: Andi and Michael blogged about it too .