2008 conferences of interest

Hey everyone...I've got a question about conferences... My boss just asked our team to indicate which (if any) conference we might wish to attend this year. I know about the big ones: CFUnited MAX CFObjective But I also don't want to limit myself to only CF conferences. I'd also be interested in attending conferences about Flash, Flex, Javascript, etc. Would you all mind listing out a few conferences that you've heard of, and that might be included in the technology list above? ____________________________________ Andy Matthews Senior ColdFusion Developer Office:  877.707.5467 x747 Direct:  615.627.9747 Fax:  615.467.6249 amatthews@dealerskins.com www.dealerskins.com <http://www.dealerskins.com/>;

How about Web Maniacs? http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ It is still CF related, but also includes Flex/AIR. On Dec 31, 2007 9:54 AM, Andy Matthews <amatthews@dealerskins.com> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- -- =========================================================================== Raymond Camden, Camden Media Email    : ray@camdenfamily.com Blog      : www.coldfusionjedi.com AOL IM : cfjedimaster Keep up to date with the community: http://www.coldfusionbloggers.org

On Dec 31, 2007 7:54 AM, Andy Matthews <amatthews@dealerskins.com> wrote: > But I also don't want to limit myself to only CF conferences. I'd also be > interested in attending conferences about Flash, Flex, Javascript, etc. The 360Flex series is always good: http://www.360conferences.com/360flex/ or http://360flex.org/ -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood

Thanks guys... I'll add those two to my list. Cutter is actually speaking at Webmaniacs so unfortunately no other team member will probably be able to go to that one. andy On Dec 31, 2007 7:54 AM, Andy Matthews <amatthews@dealerskins.com> wrote: > But I also don't want to limit myself to only CF conferences. I'd also > be interested in attending conferences about Flash, Flex, Javascript, etc. The 360Flex series is always good: http://www.360conferences.com/360flex/ or http://360flex.org/ -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood

I keep getting emails about AJAXWorld. But I really don't know anything about it. -- s. isaac dealey  ^  new epoch isn't it time for a change?      ph: 503.236.3691 http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog

If you have any interest in Java I strongly suggest No Fluff Just Stuff. Honestly even if Java is not your thing it really offers a good wealth of content not Java specific like agile programming, OO concepts, Functional Programming.  The sessions are just like the title no fluff just straight into a subject and good discussions. My favorite part of NFJS is it is a traveling conference so generally there is no travel budget (as they visit many of the major cities in the US) and the others in attendance are from the area so its a good local networking experience. http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/ Adam Haskell On Dec 31, 2007 10:54 AM, Andy Matthews <amatthews@dealerskins.com> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

On Jan 1, 2008 8:32 AM, Adam Haskell <a.haskell@gmail.com> wrote: > If you have any interest in Java I strongly suggest No Fluff Just Stuff. > Honestly even if Java is not your thing it really offers a good wealth of > content not Java specific like agile programming, OO concepts, Functional > Programming. Good points. If we're recommending more general "good conferences" then I would suggest SD West / SD East. I went to SD West a few years back and it blew my mind and really got the creative juices flowing. Highly recommended. http://www.sdexpo.com/ (SD West is in March, SD East aka SD Best Practices is in Boston in October). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood

> CFUnited > MAX > CFObjective Scotch On The Rocks was good last year... -- Tom Chiverton Helping to apprehensively empower dynamic niches on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB.  A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP.  Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged.  If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents.   If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com.

I've been given official permission to attend 360|Flex in Atlanta next month.  Booked my room at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center yesterday. The 360|Flex web site doesn't do a particularly good job publishing the discount code for their block of rooms.. but it's there if you hunt via google :) Rick

Rick, I cannot find the list of topics and schedule on flex360 website. Is it something that is still unknown? Thanks Qasim On Jan 4, 2008 8:18 AM, Rick Root <rick.root@webworksllc.com> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

> I cannot find the list of topics and schedule on flex360 website. Is it > something that is still unknown? They have not published a schedule yet for this year's conference. The schedule for LAST year is here: http://www.360conferences.com/downloads/Schedule.pdf I decided to go to 360|Flex based on recommendations from other people who said last year's conference was very good. -- Rick Root Check out CFMBB, BlogCFM, ImageCFC, ImapCFC, CFFM, and more at www.opensourcecf.com

As much as I'd absolutely LOVE to go to that one, I doubt I could convince my company to send me to the UK for a conference when there are similar ones here. > CFUnited > MAX > CFObjective Scotch On The Rocks was good last year... -- Tom Chiverton Helping to apprehensively empower dynamic niches on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB.  A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP.  Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged.  If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents.  If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com.

Find out which US based speaker presenting at Scotch you are nearest to ... hide in their luggage ... hello Edinburgh. Ah, if only :) Or look out for a compo in a future edition of the CFWeekly podcast.... well, for the conference ticket anyway. Andy ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

> How about Web Maniacs? > http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ > > It is still CF related, but also includes Flex/AIR. And, to toot our own horn so to speak, we have hands-on sessions; we're the only conference I know of that does this. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information!

cf.Objective() 2008 has three hands on sessions this year: ColdSpring 1337, Agile Development and Advanced ColdBox. These are two hour sessions. In addition, there is a two hour Flex 3 for ColdFusion developers session (not hands on tho') as part of the RIA track. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

I'm really leaning towards this one. I've heard that it's a little more in-depth than CFUnited is. Can anyone confirm this? andy cf.Objective() 2008 has three hands on sessions this year: ColdSpring 1337, Agile Development and Advanced ColdBox. These are two hour sessions. In addition, there is a two hour Flex 3 for ColdFusion developers session (not hands on tho') as part of the RIA track. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

On Jan 2, 2008 6:27 AM, Andy Matthews <lists@commadelimited.com> wrote: > I'm really leaning towards this one. I've heard that it's a little more > in-depth than CFUnited is. Can anyone confirm this? Well, I'm content chair for cf.Objective() so I may be a little biased (but I'm also on the advisory board for CFUNITED)... cf.Objective() is designed to be different from CFUNITED. CFUNITED has long established itself as the biggest ColdFusion-focused event in the world. It has the most attendees (over 900 in 2007), the most speakers, the most tracks, the most sessions and covers the broadest possible range of topics that might interest CFers. It has a lot of sponsors and exhibitors. It has something for everyone, from a full-on "bootcamp" to frameworks and advanced stuff and it even has non-CF topics that CFers might find interesting such as a track on "management" stuff. CFUNITED has also traditionally had New Atlanta and Microsoft as sponsors - and speakers - adding to the variety.     http://cfunited.com/go/topics cf.Objective() is smaller (100 attendees in 2006, 200 attendees in 2007 and we're hoping for 400 in 2008 - a number we probably won't exceed in future years in order to maintain the "small conference" feel and the ease of networking). cf.Objective() has always been focused just on advanced ColdFusion topics and frameworks, with an emphasis on Adobe ColdFusion. For example, in 2007 it was *the* conference to learn about the new features in ColdFusion 8 before its release. This year cf.Objective() has formal tracks, including an RIA track (that is still mostly focused on ColdFusion). There are also some two hour in-depth sessions, three of which are going to be hands on (Advanced ColdBox, Advanced ColdSpring, Agile Development).     http://cfobjective.com/sessions.cfm Is there overlap between the two conferences? Well, yes, of course there is *some* overlap. This year, CFUNITED has a frameworks track which means it is going to be repeating a number of talks from the cf.Objective() frameworks track (as well as some new talks you won't see at cf.Objective()). There are a number of other talks that you will see at both conferences but when you look the topics published for both conferences (cf.Objective() has the full schedule posted, CFUNITED is still selecting more sessions) you might be surprised at just how little overlap there actually is. Even where you might expect overlap on tracks (RIA, IDEs/Tools, Deployment/Platform), the different focus of the conferences shows and there is actually very little duplication. I'm attending both conferences - cf.Objective() as an attendee, CFUNITED as a speaker. If you held a gun to my head and told me to pick just one CF conference to attend, I would pick cf.Objective() because I get more out of it as an advanced CFer. If you made me pick just one conference to attend, regardless of technology, I'd pick SD West (amazing C++ / Java / C# / design patterns content!). If budget allowed, I'd definitely attend both cf.Objective() and CFUNITED in North America. If money was really no object, I'd also attend webDU, Scotch on the Rocks and MAX Europe! Hope that helps? Don't forget the early bird for CFUNITED ends on Saturday - January 5th! -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood

Thanks for the feedback Shawn. I've put in my request for either WebManiacs or CFObjective. CFObjective because it does have a lot to offer for more advanced developers. WebManiacs because what it offers for the price is too good to pass up. andy On Jan 2, 2008 6:27 AM, Andy Matthews <lists@commadelimited.com> wrote: > I'm really leaning towards this one. I've heard that it's a little > more in-depth than CFUnited is. Can anyone confirm this? Well, I'm content chair for cf.Objective() so I may be a little biased (but I'm also on the advisory board for CFUNITED)... cf.Objective() is designed to be different from CFUNITED. CFUNITED has long established itself as the biggest ColdFusion-focused event in the world. It has the most attendees (over 900 in 2007), the most speakers, the most tracks, the most sessions and covers the broadest possible range of topics that might interest CFers. It has a lot of sponsors and exhibitors. It has something for everyone, from a full-on "bootcamp" to frameworks and advanced stuff and it even has non-CF topics that CFers might find interesting such as a track on "management" stuff. CFUNITED has also traditionally had New Atlanta and Microsoft as sponsors - and speakers - adding to the variety.     http://cfunited.com/go/topics cf.Objective() is smaller (100 attendees in 2006, 200 attendees in 2007 and we're hoping for 400 in 2008 - a number we probably won't exceed in future years in order to maintain the "small conference" feel and the ease of networking). cf.Objective() has always been focused just on advanced ColdFusion topics and frameworks, with an emphasis on Adobe ColdFusion. For example, in 2007 it was *the* conference to learn about the new features in ColdFusion 8 before its release. This year cf.Objective() has formal tracks, including an RIA track (that is still mostly focused on ColdFusion). There are also some two hour in-depth sessions, three of which are going to be hands on (Advanced ColdBox, Advanced ColdSpring, Agile Development).     http://cfobjective.com/sessions.cfm Is there overlap between the two conferences? Well, yes, of course there is *some* overlap. This year, CFUNITED has a frameworks track which means it is going to be repeating a number of talks from the cf.Objective() frameworks track (as well as some new talks you won't see at cf.Objective()). There are a number of other talks that you will see at both conferences but when you look the topics published for both conferences (cf.Objective() has the full schedule posted, CFUNITED is still selecting more sessions) you might be surprised at just how little overlap there actually is. Even where you might expect overlap on tracks (RIA, IDEs/Tools, Deployment/Platform), the different focus of the conferences shows and there is actually very little duplication. I'm attending both conferences - cf.Objective() as an attendee, CFUNITED as a speaker. If you held a gun to my head and told me to pick just one CF conference to attend, I would pick cf.Objective() because I get more out of it as an advanced CFer. If you made me pick just one conference to attend, regardless of technology, I'd pick SD West (amazing C++ / Java / C# / design patterns content!). If budget allowed, I'd definitely attend both cf.Objective() and CFUNITED in North America. If money was really no object, I'd also attend webDU, Scotch on the Rocks and MAX Europe! Hope that helps? Don't forget the early bird for CFUNITED ends on Saturday - January 5th! -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood

On Jan 3, 2008 8:42 AM, Andy Matthews <lists@commadelimited.com> wrote: > CFObjective because it does have a lot to offer for more advanced > developers. WebManiacs because what it offers for the price is too good to > pass up. If you make it to cf.Objective(), say "Hi!" :) I can't go to WebManiacs due to a scheduling conflict (with a cat show). I was asked to speak but had to turn them down :( -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood

I sure will. On Jan 3, 2008 8:42 AM, Andy Matthews <lists@commadelimited.com> wrote: > CFObjective because it does have a lot to offer for more advanced > developers. WebManiacs because what it offers for the price is too > good to pass up. If you make it to cf.Objective(), say "Hi!" :) I can't go to WebManiacs due to a scheduling conflict (with a cat show). I was asked to speak but had to turn them down :( -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood