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The XOXO 2024 Talks. I missed attending the last XOXO in person, but I've been catching up on the videos of the talks over the past few days and they have been absolutely worth spending time with.

This year was a single day with ten speakers. Andy Baio explains the intended formula:

I usually explain that the conference is about, more than anything, the emotional experience of being an artist or creator on the internet, often covering the dark, difficult, painful challenges that they’ve dealt with, or are still struggling with, as a creator. “Big idea” TED-style talks don’t work well, and we avoid anything practical or industry-specific because the audience is so interdisciplinary.