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

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

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

y - Original Message - From: "Uri Guttman" To: "Andy Oram" 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 w

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

05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) >>>>> "AO" == Andy Oram writes: AO> But bigger conferences just don't seem to draw enough people in AO> Boston. Even Portland, as you can see, doesn'

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

> "AO" == Andy Oram 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 Clara (s

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

> 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 14

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

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 wa

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

> "JP" == Jerrad Pierce 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 Guttman -

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

>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

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

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Andrew Langmead 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 checking with my employer to

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

> "BR" == Bill Ricker writes: BR> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Ben Tilly 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 the left coast Portland

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

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 impassioned

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

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Ben Tilly 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 Portland UK) -- B

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

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 emplo

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

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 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 N

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

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 wrote: > On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 21:42 -0400, Tom Metro wrote: >> Do you think they'll ever hold one o

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

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)

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

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

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 t