*cough* Simon, you have already met me 4 times already and I missed out on the Salsa dancing at the last CFUnited 2006 event on the second or third day. Say hey to significant other. =)
Cheers, Teddy On 11/17/06, Simon Horwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > excellent sentiment and excellent points, Teddy. I'll just respond by > addressing 2 of the things you brought-up: > > One is that the information isn't public because TeraTech, and the > advisers, are striving to REALLY surprise the attendees this year by > improving on so many points. > > The other is the MAX vs. CFUnited "competition" debate. I agree - they > aren't really in competition... but that said, some people really can > only afford ONE big conference so whether anyone likes it or not, they > end-up having to choose between the two. I couldn't really blame > someone for going with one conference or the other, depending on your > reasons for going. > > Anyway, look forward to seeing you, and hopefully many other folks on > the list, at CFUnited (and several other upcoming worthwhile conferences). > > ~Simon > > Simon Horwith > CIO, AboutWeb - http://www.aboutweb.com > Editor-in-Chief, ColdFusion Developers Journal > Adobe Community Expert > Adobe Certified Master Instructor > Blog - http://www.horwith.com > > > > > Teddy Payne wrote: > > This is a case for marketing and advertising really. I am willing to be > > that most people who are considering going to CFUnited 2007 probably did > not > > know of this information. My honest feeling is that all of improvements > > from 2006 to 2007 should be made more available. I may be missing where > > this information is posted, but if it posted someplace then please send > it > > to me, so that I can pass it on to my CFUG colleagues for review. > > > > Justification of cost is understanding the value of any service. I do > not > > believe that Adobe MAX is a competitor for CFUnited. I attended both > > CFUnted and Adobe MAX 2006 and you meet two different sets of people at > each > > event. > > > > If you meet one professional contact or any quality personal contacts > from > > the event, $700 quickly pays itself off just in either side work or the > > quality of life of having good friends. > > > > Can you put a price on a good friend? I know that I cannot. I would > not > > sell my friends down the river for $700. > > > > I personally pay for all of my conferences as I am a consultant. I > regret > > that I can only budget 2 conferences a year, otherwise I would budget > for > > cf.objective() and at least one Europe conference. I have friends > across > > the pond that I owe some drinks to. > > > > Come for knowledge, come for friends, come for networking or just come > to > > tell me in person and convince me that there is no value meeting the > > majority of the CF notables. > > > > I am not on any advisory board. I do not work for TeraTech. I am just > a > > long time CF developer that enjoys meeting other CF geeks. Find me > there > > and lets talk shop over your beverage of choice. > > > > Cheers, > > Teddy > > > > On 11/17/06, David Epler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> So, what are all these big improvements? Well, I can't get into the > >>> specifics of all of them, but here are a few major ones - most of > which > >>> being a direct response to 2006 attendee feedback: > >>> > >>> 1.TeraTech is arranging for better equipment, including better AV > >>> > >> equipment > >> > >>> 2. Better Internet access for all of the attendees > >>> 3. A larger on-site staff > >>> 4. Better food > >>> 5. Make 2007 a much bigger and better event than last year > >>> > >> Thank you, Simon. That was all I was looking for. To know what is > driving > >> the increase. > >> > >> - David Epler > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
