:) It was the free beer that did it Andy. -----Original Message----- From: Andy Allan [mailto:andy.al...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 July 2010 10:18 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Best conference?
Always nice to see someone give us a vote. Having been to CFUnited (twice), MAX (3 times), FOWD and of course SotR, they all have their own nuances that makes them all unique. Ultimately you need to decide on; cost, location, content. Andy On 14 July 2010 09:34, Will Swain <w...@hothorse.com> wrote: > > Scotch on the Rocks. > > There was free beer this year. Free beer is always good. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Clarke [mailto:s...@clarke.ca] > Sent: 13 July 2010 21:57 > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Best conference? > > > Thanks, I hadn't really considered that one. My big concern right now > is CFUnited. I would have liked to go but since there are other > options and it's a very inconvenient time for me I think I'll check > out one of the others later on in the year or next year. > > I'm not knocking NCDevCon but most of the emphasis seemed to be on > "other than CF", and most of the CF topics didn't really grab my attention. > > - Andrew. > > On 2010-07-13, at 16:36, Charlie Griefer wrote: > >> They've all got their pros and cons. >> >> I think CFUnited has the widest variety of content (from beginner to >> somewhat advanced), and it's certainly one of the biggest CF-based >> conferences (probably second only to MAX). Lots of networking and >> good times with friends. >> >> Based on what you've said, I'd look at cf.Objective(). It's a >> smaller conference with more advanced topics, and probably more that >> you'd find relevant. >> >> While conferences like NCDevCon may feature Flash/Flex etc, you >> shouldn't let that dissuade you. As long as there are enough >> sessions specific to what you want to learn, doesn't really matter >> how many other sessions there might be, or how "off-topic" they are. >> And as far as NCDevCon goes, you can't beat the price. >> >> IMO, regardless of which one you may choose to attend, it'll be > worthwhile. >> Of the conferences that I've been fortunate enough to get to >> (CFUnited, cf.Objective(), and MAX), it's evident that the folks >> behind them make every effort to ensure that it's both a valuable and >> fun > experience. >> >> >> - >> Charlie Griefer >> http://charlie.griefer.com/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335343 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
