December 10, 2008
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?)
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.
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.
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.
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
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