Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-03 Thread Uri Guttman
JP == Jerrad Pierce belg4...@pthbb.org writes: any other largish duplicate cities you can think of in the states? JP Kansas City? :-P kc ks 142,320 kc mo 475,830 portland me 64,000 portland or 575,930 well, i can change the metric to total of the paired cities. :) uri -- Uri

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-03 Thread Andy Oram
I was away yesterday evening and missed all this rumors about O'Reilly. A few observations. Book market: it's really hard these days to know what to publish. We expect fewer sales overall with each book, but there are still topics that can be profitable. Admittedly, we aren't doing much in the

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-03 Thread Bill Ricker
well, i can change the metric to total of the paired cities. :) have to ... at SMSA level, 74 Springfield, MA MSA Pioneer Valley MA 00,682,657 00,680,014 A298+0.39% 114 Springfield, MO MSA Ozarks MO 00,420,020 00,368,374 A065+14.02% ZZZ

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-03 Thread Uri Guttman
AO == Andy Oram an...@oreilly.com writes: AO But bigger conferences just don't seem to draw enough people in AO Boston. Even Portland, as you can see, doesn't bring the crowds AO anymore. Or at least the conference group was afraid it wouldn't, AO which is why they moved OSCon to Santa

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-03 Thread Andy Oram
/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) AO == Andy Oram an...@oreilly.com writes: AO But bigger conferences just don't seem to draw enough people in AO Boston. Even Portland, as you can see, doesn't bring the crowds AO anymore. Or at least

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-03 Thread Drew Taylor
- From: Uri Guttman u...@stemsystems.com To: Andy Oram an...@oreilly.com Cc: boston...@pm.org Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 9:24:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) AO == Andy Oram an...@oreilly.com writes: AO

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-03 Thread John Macdonald
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:30:59PM -0500, Uri Guttman wrote: any other largish duplicate cities you can think of in the states? Um, New York and New York (except that one of them is not a city and the other is a subset so that is a duplicate in more than just the name :-) Going to total size

[Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Ronald J Kimball
The 2009 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Moves to San Jose, CA-- Registration Now Open, So Make Your Plans. In trying times such as these, saving money becomes a bigger priority for everyone. While challenging, the current global situation provides the open source community with the opportunity

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Tom Metro
Ronald J Kimball wrote: The 2009 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Moves to San Jose, CA-- Registration Now Open, So Make Your Plans. Do you think they'll ever hold one of these in Boston? Once upon a time O'Reilly seemed to have more of a presence here. They still have offices here (no?), but

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Andrew Langmead
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 21:42 -0400, Tom Metro wrote: Do you think they'll ever hold one of these in Boston? Once upon a time O'Reilly seemed to have more of a presence here. They still have offices here (no?), but I had the impression they started out here. According to

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Ben Tilly
Please note that OSCON spent several years in Portland. Saying that Portland is part of Boston is like saying that Boston is part of New York. Ben On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Andrew Langmead andrew.langm...@verizon.net wrote: On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 21:42 -0400, Tom Metro wrote: Do you

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Ben Tilly
Gah, I meant that Portland is part of CA is like..etc. (I should drink less before replying to email.) Ben On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Ben Tilly bti...@gmail.com wrote: Please note that OSCON spent several years in Portland.  Saying that Portland is part of Boston is like saying that

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Andrew Langmead
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 20:12 -0700, Ben Tilly wrote: Please note that OSCON spent several years in Portland. I had forgotten that they moved to Portland. I guess its been years since I've even considered checking with my employer to see if a conference like this was in the budget, even as

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Bill Ricker
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Ben Tilly bti...@gmail.com wrote: Please note that OSCON spent several years in Portland.  Saying that Portland is part of Boston is like saying that Boston is part of New York. But still it was the left coast Portland, not the right Portland (or original

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread David N. Blank-Edelman
On Apr 2, 2009, at 10:39 PM, Andrew Langmead wrote: Just the other day, I was talking to a co-worker about how it would be hard to justify the cost of a conference or tutorial. If I went, would the knowledge I gained result in a $1k+ increase in productivity? So I want to give an

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Uri Guttman
BR == Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com writes: BR On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Ben Tilly bti...@gmail.com wrote: Please note that OSCON spent several years in Portland.  Saying that Portland is part of Boston is like saying that Boston is part of New York. BR But still it was

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Ben Tilly
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Andrew Langmead andrew.langm...@verizon.net wrote: On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 20:12 -0700, Ben Tilly wrote: Please note that OSCON spent several years in Portland. I had forgotten that they moved to Portland. I guess its been years since I've even considered

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-02 Thread Jerrad Pierce
any other largish duplicate cities you can think of in the states? Kansas City? :-P -- Free map of local environmental resources: http://CambridgeMA.GreenMap.org -- MOTD on Boomtime, the 19th of Discord, in the YOLD 3175: You don't need a Swiss Army knife to cut yourself, a piece of paper will do