I won't be at CFUNITED this year, and here's why:

1) I was given an award last year for overall feedback ratings.

2) I submitted a revised ColdSpring talk this year, making adjustments based on feedback.

3) I heard not a single thing for several months - until I eventually found out that the topic was not accepted - and later heard it may have been due to lack of "Fusebox" content.

So yes, that made me kind of bitter. My original post on it may have been too harsh for some - but honestly now I just cry myself to sleep every night with my VIP tiara on ;) Regardless - hope to see you @ cfObjective!


04/12/2007 09:07 P - Bruce said...
Dave - I'm not going to CFUnited this year also, primarily due to the higher cost. 

I did not know that your ColdSpring presentation was not accepted.  I'm surprised by that as I attended it last year and felt it was a very good introduction that most CF Developers could grasp. 



04/12/2007 09:36 P - Adrock said...
R.H.H...... r.h.h.... :-(

04/12/2007 09:38 P - Rachel Maxim said...
We'll miss you there, Dave. Who else is going to help us spread ridiculous stories about Joe Rinehart this year? See you at CF.Objective.... :)

04/12/2007 09:40 P - todd sharp said...
Damn dude tell us how you really feel.   

04/12/2007 10:08 P - Kurt Wiersma said...
Sorry I am going to miss you. Unfortunatly even those cf.objective() is local for me I am going to be out of town for business, lunching our new website.

04/13/2007 01:44 A - tony petruzzi said...
I never go to any of these events unless my employer is paying. I'm not about to spend that much money when I can get the information on the web for free. Plus I can't stand that most of these conferences have "tracks". Which usually means that while I'm in one session, another session that I wanted to attend is going on. This happened to me when I went to CFUG South on year and I just told myself that it wouldn't be worth it from then on. Although it is nice to finally meet some of the people behind the blogs faces to face. I guess that's probably the real reason most people go.

04/13/2007 07:22 A - Chip Temm said...
Mature.... I'm sure this will get you invited to speak widely.

04/13/2007 08:54 A - Jeff G said...
jeez, I understand your frustration but you need to relax.  You should have typed out that post, sat on it a day or 2 and re-read it before posting something like that.

04/13/2007 09:23 A - Ryan Pieszak said...
Are we really going to criticize him for speaking his mind on his own blog?  I welcome the insight, and I'll do my own "bitterness" filtering.

04/13/2007 10:05 A - Dave Ross said...
Of course I'm bitter - could I have made it more clear?

As for my professionalism (or lack thereof) - I'd rather let my presentations speak for themselves. What did I write here that's so provocative anyways? I didn't say anything negative about purple pants :)

04/13/2007 11:31 A - Cliff Meyers said...

Bad move on Teratech's part.  Absolutely ridiculous they didn't invite back one of their top 3 speakers.  Sounds like TT might be more interested in pushing "their" Fusebox framework at the expense of others?  Great way to drum up more Fusebox consulting I guess...

04/13/2007 11:38 A - Chris Scott said...

What did Dave say that's so immature or controversial? The man's rightfully upset, for not being asked back. Dave's ColdSpring session last year was excellent, and I thought that being the number 2 highest rated speaker gave him an automatic VIP status, meaning he should have been guaranteed to be returning. I think this is a bad oversight on TT part. They are turning their back on a significantly good speaker with an incredible amount of experience to share with the community.

04/13/2007 04:16 P - Dave Shuck said...
No matter whether people think Dave is being rational/irrational or whatever, this is seriously surprising.  I sat in on that presentation last year and for the first time the "a-ah!" light went on about C.S.  There were a ton of people in there and if I recall some good discussion around the podium when he was done.  I will not be attending CFUnited this year either for unrelated reasons which have nothing to do with liking/disliking the conference, but  I *will* be in Dave's preso at cf.Objective(), and I would have made sure to do the same had I attended CFUnited.

04/13/2007 04:22 P - tony petruzzi said...
why am i getting emails about new comments to this post? Is there a way to unsubscribe, because I don't see one in the email.

this is the last I post to this blog

04/13/2007 04:22 P - jeff said...
Here are all the reasons I won't be attending CFUNITED this year:
  1. Too expensive compared to other similar professional dev. conferences.
  2. Inconvenient location for those of us who dont live in Rockville, MD (come on...give us some variety).
  3. Trying to get out of DC on the 4th of July weekend is totally insane (took me 2 days to get home last time).
It's really too bad, because I've found the speakers and content to be very good, but until any 2 of the 3 issues above are addressed (see, I'm being reasonable), I'll be picking another event.

04/13/2007 05:00 P - Doug Boude said...
Um, Dave, if I'm not misinterpreting the statement  "...I heard the reason was because Michael...", it appears that your ire was inflamed due to second hand knowledge? I know if I let myself get outraged everytime one of my kids "says" that another one did this or that, I'd have a lot of apologizing to do by making judgements based on that hearsay. Just wondering if you ever went straight to the horse's mouth to validate what it is you "heard"...there may be more relevant facts that would help alleviate some of the anguish and/or explain the rationale behind Michael's judgement. Just a thought.

04/13/2007 10:21 P - Dave Ross said...
Doug,

Good point - another reason I'm probably ticked is because I never *heard* anything - until several months after I submitted an abstract and the speakers were announced. The who's or how's I heard are irrelevant - if there's a "Fusebox-only" slant to the conference then that should be made clear up front.

04/14/2007 01:17 A - Jack London said...
This is not fair for TT. TT does not decide topics alone. There is a team who decide all submitted topics and TT has only 1 vote there. Don't forget!

And Chris and Rob will also cover some topics abot ColdSpring.

You are a good guy but as Jeff said, "be calm"!

04/16/2007 03:04 A - Tim said...
http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/advisory-board

Michael Smith
Michael Dinowitz
Simon Horwith
Adam Wayne Lehman
Raymond Camden
Sean Corfield
Charlie Arehart
Nate Nelson

05/02/2007 12:38 A - Edward Prevost said...
I would have liked to have seen a returning post about something more useful. =D Maybe this should be incentive for you to give your pres. here on your blog, you know, make a constructive statement.

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