070 - How to Actually Win Shopify DotDev Week | Trudy MacNabb

Yeah, I think so.

I think we're ready to start diving in.

So this is, you know, we don't have to go too much into Trudy's past and origin story because this is the second time she's been on the podcast.

So we don't have to do any kind of additional lead in.

Everybody knows who Trudy is.

And, you know, number two time.

So, yeah, I don't know.

Like, where do you want to start? Like, as far as everything that's coming up, there's a ton of people that are missing out, like you had mentioned earlier.

Yeah, I thought what we could do is kind of start with an overview of kind of what events are happening and what we're excited about personally.

And then at some point, maybe transition just to some tips for how to handle the week, both in terms of travel.

If you're coming from out of country into Canada, there might be some things that'd be helpful to know.

Trudy's got a lot of knowledge about Toronto.

And then obviously our veteran war stories about things that we know to do to get the most out of the additions week, like don't drink alcohol, for example, if you're going to go hard for a week.

Stuff like that.

I thought we could kind of cover all those bases.

So those that are coming have some helpful knowledge.

And then those that are watching from the sidelines because they cannot make the travel will be able to live vicariously through our shared experience.

Yeah.

So, and so the conference to lay the scene out, right? Like for .dev, like there's, there's so many things happening, but the actual conference itself, which I thought was interesting is on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Like that's kind of interesting, but I think it's kind of smart because they were anticipating, I think a lot of people coming in on Monday.

And so like giving people the travel day and then Tuesday, Wednesday, in order to kind of like get acclimated to that.

So, and this is the first year that it's two days.

Well,

not true.

Back in 2019, Shopify Unite, it was two days.

Yeah, I think so.

I think we're ready to start diving in.

So this is, you know, we don't have to go too much into Trudy's past and origin story because this is the second time she's been on the podcast.

So we don't have to do any kind of additional lead in.

Everybody knows who Trudy is.

And, you know, number two time.

So, yeah, I don't know.

Like, where do you want to start? Like, as far as everything that's coming up, there's a ton of people that are missing out, like you had mentioned earlier.

Yeah, I thought what we could do is kind of start with an overview of kind of what events are happening and what we're excited about personally.

And then at some point, maybe transition just to some tips for how to handle the week, both in terms of travel.

If you're coming from out of country into Canada, there might be some things that'd be helpful to know.

Trudy's got a lot of knowledge about Toronto.

And then obviously our veteran war stories about things that we know to do to get the most out of the additions week, like don't drink alcohol, for example, if you're going to go hard for a week.

Stuff like that.

I thought we could kind of cover all those bases.

So those that are coming have some helpful knowledge.

And then those that are watching from the sidelines because they cannot make the travel will be able to live vicariously through our shared experience.

Yeah.

So, and so the conference to lay the scene out, right? Like for .dev, like there's, there's so many things happening, but the actual conference itself, which I thought was interesting is on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Like that's kind of interesting, but I think it's kind of smart because they were anticipating, I think a lot of people coming in on Monday.

And so like giving people the travel day and then Tuesday, Wednesday, in order to kind of like get acclimated to that.

So, and this is the first year that it's two days.

Well,

not true.

Back in 2019, Shopify Unite, it was two days.