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December 10, 2008

Why Weren't You at CodeRage (by Stack Overflow)

Speaking of CodeRage, there is an interesting track at Stack Overflow.

Speaking of CodeRage, there is an interesting track at Stack Overflow, titled "Why Weren't You at CodeRage". I found the original post and some of the comments very interesring.

(Link found on Twitter thanks to Tim Anderson, so my time spend on twitter is not a total waste, after all... now what about the time spent on Facebook?)

posted by marcocantu @ 11:55PM | 4 Comments [0 Pending]




 

4 Comments

Why Werent You at CodeRage by Stack Overflow  

9 Reasons why I did not attend... 

1.  Trying to get connected with the bureaucracy 
requirements was just too much. 
2.  Registration.  Why.  You force me to log in with a 
password each time I try to access the developer 
forum.  You have my all my data there.  1 minute into 
the registration process, and I was gone.
3.  Scheduling free time that is coordinated with the 
event I wanted to see, next to impossible. 
4.  Because the presentations are live, they are 
rough. I downloaded some today, and the audio quality 
was bad, and the content felt disorganized. Given the 
chance to produce their presentations in a "NON-LIVE" 
format, probably would allow the presenters to produce 
a higher quality output. 
5.  Subject titles, maybe 4 out of 50 were even 
interesting.
6.  I wanted to see the VCL Web presentation (Rich 
User Interfaces with IntraWeb), and after 10-12 
minutes of what releases are available with what 
product and licensing requirements, I had to turn it 
off.  That stopped me from downloading anymore other 
titles.
7.  2 of the 4 interesting titles, couldn’t even 
download correctly.
8. CodeGear is like America’s GM.  They are working on 
to many different products.  So Delphi’s importance is 
waning, regardless of they say. Thus, I feel the 
updates are watered down. Sincerely, I don’t even 
acknowledge the corporation anymore. 
9.  D2009 was such a disappointing release. What new 
things could really be said.  The product says enough.
Comment by Brett Graffin [] on December 11, 01:13

Why did I not participate CodeRage...  

I went to BorCon in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
For me meeting valuable people and chatting with them 
between the sessions was much more valuable then the 
sessions...

Also combining BorCon with some days vacation in the 
US was nice.

Unfortunately both is not the case with any virtual 
conference.

I personally would like to attend a "real" 
Embarcadero conference ;-)

Levend.
Comment by Levend on December 11, 01:29

Why Werent You at CodeRage by Stack Overflow  

When I tried to attend a session on Monday, the
registration system frightened me off a bit, so I
decided to wait for replays.

However, the primary reason for my absence was the
time zone mismatch; as soon as the download is working
properly, I'll watch the session replays instead.
Comment by Moritz Beutel [http://www.audacia-software.de/] on December 11, 09:43

Why Werent You at CodeRage by Stack Overflow  

 What "Levend" wrote, above, applies to me 100% 
(including the 2001, 2002, 2003 BorCon attendance).

I'm ready to return the day there is a real 
conference.

Olivier
Comment by Olivier Beltrami [http://www.qppstudio.net] on December 11, 10:13


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