I think its good for networking, and seeing whats the buzz (though the same could be achieved following the adobe blogs). Though there is nothing like seeing a presentation live and being able to ask question during Q&A or while mingling(?).
Personally I take it as a chance to get re-energized on new ideas/ approaches, and networking as much as possible (i.e. knowing who to ask questions when the need arises) I won't be attending any workshops this year though, mainly because there was not one where I thought it justified the 495 to work. My main objective is to gather the general consensus where my work organisation should be heading, feeling out the new trends, finding out what other people are involved in and networking with people. It would be good if there were people willing to organise it in other states, but at the end of the day it is because Daemon has been doing a good job and they are based in sydney. Work seems to think its good value, I was sent last year and I wasn't expecting to go again this year, but was encouraged to go again this year. I think you should attend it yourself, if you have a chance, to have a feel whether its worth it so you can make an informed choice for following years. Just my 2 cents, Chong On Apr 23, 1:59 pm, "Dale Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No flame wars please, > > I was looking at sending an Employee up to WebDU this year, originally I > wasn't going to, but Mark Mandel bought it up at the VIC UG and it got a > good reception, some were going and good things were said about it. > > I also like the 1 day training pre conference, this would have worked well > for me as there was a topic there for the person I was looking to send. And > I was all ready to get budget approval for the spend etc, but the guy I > wanted to send is on leave. > > So I could send someone else I guess, but I don't want to send someone just > for the sake of it. > > I would like to get the opinion from people who are going or who have been, > if you feel it's worth the spend & time. > > The cost I worked out went something like this > > Conference $950 > > Workshop $495 > > Flights $250 > > Accommodation $330 > > Meal Expense $100 > > Taxis $200 > > --------- > > $2,325 > > Which if you think about it for 3 days is $96 per hour. Not counting the > salary we are paying while he is there. Now my usual rant is about how they > should bring it to Melbourne or other States so that more people could > attend, I could send all my people? But in reality at $950 a ticket, I > wouldn't it's too expensive. The actual cost of not being in melbourne from > above is still $880 but the actual ticket price is very high. I think I > probably missed an earlybird discount might have saved a couple hundred > dollars. > > At the end of the day $2k isn't insignificantit, but $2k might be a great > investment, I consider the $495 workshop to be great value. > > So what do you think, especially the non Sydney siders, is it worth it, do > you have trouble justifying it's cost? Do come back thinking that was money > well spent, etc. > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > http://learncf.com<http://learncf.com/> > > http://flexcf.com<http://flexcf.com/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
