Articles tagged with conference
Thursday, May 03, 2007
CFObjective
I’m heading to Minneapolis today to go to CFObjective.
Friday, October 27, 2006
RailsConf 2007
The site is up and the countdown is on. RailsConf is in Portland this year from May 17-20. Better plan to buy tickets early as they sold out in a few days last year. (They haven’t annouced when tickets will be available yet.)
Friday, June 23, 2006
RailsConf 2006: Rails Guidebook
So I’m out here in Chicago at RailsConf. It’s pretty exciting being here with the ‘cream of the crop.’ Yesterday Chris Johnson and I went to the Rail Guidebook put on by Dave & Mike of Pragmatic Studio fame. It was really well done. I’ll add some more details later.
Funny story though. We had to donate to charity to get in. I happened to be on e of the highest donaters so I got a front row seat, a free lunch with Dave, Mike and some fot he Rails Core team, and an invite to a VIP party last night where I met the man himself. Good times.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
The first Rails Conference
The first ever Rails Conference is now open for registration. Keynotes are by Martin Fowler, Paul Graham, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Dave Thomas. Don’t know who they are? You should!
UPDATE: The conference sold out (400 spots) in less than a week. Whew!
UPDATE: They opened up another 150 spots. They sold out in less than 24 hours. This should be great!
Saturday, November 12, 2005
conferences and such
I just got back from DevConnections held in Las Vegas. As I sat in a session, I began wondering why conferences don’t move me anymore.
I remember, not too long ago, when I went to my first professional developers conference, Macromedia DevCon 2001. I learned exciting new techniques, the next killer features, and new technologies. It charged me up for months…
Now, all that is gone. Maybe it was the newness of the conference atmosphere, or maybe it was simply that I had soooo much to learn at that point in my career.
DevConnections is a Microsoft-centric conference. I think that plays into it as well. A couple of things struck me.
- New material is only effective if it can be applied immediately. Microsoft drives me crazy showing us things that won’t see the light of day for 3-5 years. What’s the point?!?
- The closer one gets to becoming an expert in their field, the less impact mass event will have in shaping their craft.
- The knowledge flow is so much more vast today than even a few years ago. With blogs, online news, mailing lists (ok, they’re pretty old, but still…), you can get very specific information channels customized to your desires and needs. I find that the minute I am curious about something, I am looking and generally finding the answer. By the time a conference rolls around, I pretty much have most of my questions answered and quite often in more detail than the speakers even know.
- Lastly, I learn best when I do, not when I watch or listen.
Don’t get me wrong. I had a great time and would probably do it again. I just miss that impact I once experienced.
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