Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
On May 16, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Lynn's choice of the venue was originally a concern for me, not being a fan of Vegas. But the Alexis resort is as he promised not at all like the rest of the town: clean, spacious, quiet, without a slot machine in sight and with three (c

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Phil Davis
Richard Gaskin wrote: I hope the readers here don't mind my taking a little slice of bandwidth to thank those involved in making this year's RevCon a great one: Well said, Richard! I second your remarks. I especially enjoyed getting personally acquainted with several who I've only known by t

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Jim Ault
On 5/16/08 9:21 AM, "Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And Jim Ault, thanks for being such a valuable one-man welcome wagon for > Las Vegas, with your many helpful tips for getting around town. It was > great to share a walk with you, Phil, and Andre Monday morning at the > Red Spring p

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Mark Wieder
Richard- Word. I really hated to miss the desert trip, but I had a flight out on Sunday evening. And even so I had to drag myself away and off to the airport. -- Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Ken Ray
> I hope the readers here don't mind my taking a little slice of bandwidth > to thank those involved in making this year's RevCon a great one: Amen, brother! I agree with everything you said (except the hiking part, since I wasn't there to hike. :-) Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email:

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Tereza Snyder
On May 16, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I hope the readers here don't mind my taking a little slice of bandwidth to thank those involved in making this year's RevCon a great one: Amen, brother! Double amens from me, and a heartfelt thanks to Jo who made losing my wallet an

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Andre Garzia
Hello Friends, I second everything said here with special appreciation and kudos for the RunRev Team and Jo Organizer-Extraordinaire which made this a wonderful conference and Richard Gaskin for having the wonderful idea for an outdoor trip. This conference was great and very important to me. To

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Colin Holgate
Happy for you all to see the kudos flying around. Out of curiosity, how did the "learn programming in a day" attendees get on? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage yo

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Well, now I feel real bad about not getting to go Maybe next year. Tom McGrath libITS the count down continues. On May 16, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: Hello Friends, I second everything said here with special appreciation and kudos for the RunRev Team and Jo Organizer

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Noel
I attended the "learn programming in a day" section, and I was very impressed. Some of the information was a bit basic for myself, but I was able to learn some very interesting functionality in Revolution (like the ease of drag and drop), and saw some great implementations that I might not hav

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Devin Asay
On May 16, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: Out of curiosity, how did the "learn programming in a day" attendees get on? They all learned programming in a day, of course! ;-) Seriously, the workshop was a challenge because we had a wide range of ability and experience levels in the

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
Andre Garzia wrote: Hello Friends, I second everything said here with special appreciation and kudos for the RunRev Team and Jo Organizer-Extraordinaire which made this a wonderful conference and Richard Gaskin for having the wonderful idea for an outdoor trip. This conference was great and ver

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
Colin Holgate wrote: Happy for you all to see the kudos flying around. Out of curiosity, how did the "learn programming in a day" attendees get on? Well, as Devin said, it was really tough. Skill levels were all over the map and we even had some people attending who probably should have been

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
As one of the attendees of the pre-conference day, I can honestly say it was VERY valuable. On May 16, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Devin Asay wrote: On May 16, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: Out of curiosity, how did the "learn programming in a day" attendees get on? They all learned pro

RE: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> Lynn's choice of the venue was originally a concern for me, > not being a > fan of Vegas. But the Alexis resort is as he promised not at > all like > the rest of the town: clean, spacious, quiet, without a slot > machine in > sight and with three (count 'em three!) pools. All for very >

RE: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> I loved the conference, it was one of the best. It was so > great to see everyone, I just hated to go home. I'm still > thinking about it, all the good times, good people, and good info. It was really great to see everyone - warm weather and a few drinks after sessions made it much more like a

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
Lynn Fredricks wrote: It was really great to see everyone - warm weather and a few drinks after sessions made it much more like a vacation :-) Ssshhh!! We were *working*. Remember? Tax write-off? Business expense? Working. Sweat and labor even during all the toilet talk. I don't mean potty

RE: RevCon kudos

2008-05-16 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> Ssshhh!! We were *working*. Remember? Tax write-off? Business > expense? > Working. Sweat and labor even during all the toilet talk. > > I don't mean potty mouth, I mean toilet talk. Port-a-potties, > holes in the ground, straddle-a-grate-on-the-sidewalk, lose > your wallet in the benjo, wh

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Kay C Lan
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We had an unusually high number of folks from Europe this time, and I hope > the long travel was as worthwhile for you folks as it was great to have you > there. > If you can just keep the decline in the US dollar going

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope the readers here don't mind my taking a > little slice of bandwidth > to thank those involved in making this year's RevCon > a great one... > As a fellow attendee who was, of course, swamped after returning to his own country, I would just l

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Troy Rollins
On May 21, 2008, at 3:16 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: Wish I'd been there :-( To insult us personally? -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, un

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Ken Ray
>> Wish I'd been there :-( > > To insult us personally? Kay's post had a couple of ;-) in it, so I took all as sarcastic humor, not insulting jab... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Troy Rollins
On May 21, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Ken Ray wrote: Kay's post had a couple of ;-) in it, so I took all as sarcastic humor, not insulting jab... I guess that just goes to show that when your post is comprised *solely* of an extended series of insulting remarks, even if you sprinkle it with self

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Neal Campbell
I thought it was so funny I had to read it aloud to my wife who also thought it was hilarious! Neal On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Troy Rollins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 21, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > >> Kay's post had a couple of ;-) in it, so I took all as sarcastic humor,

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Troy Rollins
On May 21, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: I thought it was so funny I had to read it aloud to my wife who also thought it was hilarious! Yes, I know, and if I don't like it the unsubscribe link is right th -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Troy Rollins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess that just goes to show that when your post is comprised *solely* of > an extended series of insulting remarks, even if you sprinkle it with > self-absolving punctuation, some people will still take it as offensive

Re: RevCon kudos

2008-05-21 Thread Judy Perry
Speaking of whirlpool,... Did anybody's whirlpool tub work? Mine didn't :-( Tax write-off? Sssh! Don't alert the Feds that I'm not teaching my Rev class anymore :-/ They decided to Frankenstein-out my Mac lab and turn it into a really pricely little Linux lab. Blech. Judy On Fri, May 1