Newbie at CFUnited
All in all, it's been very educational. I'd say I've learned more than I thought I would, considering how much time I've spent selling raffle tickets at House of Fusion. They are gone today, so no booth for me today. Yippee.
My main complaint about the hotel would be it's freezer level cold here at the Marriot that is hosting the conference.
I have also met a fair share of other UG managers. Quite a few actually. As a designer who codes, I have to say my favorite moment so far was when I met Sean Corfield. Why beyond the fact he is extreemly well known in the community? The new team he's on at Adobe is the Breeze/Acrobat team. So, after we talk about the magazine (Fusion Authority which Sean says he thinks is well designed. wow)Sean and I get into a conversation about Acrobat. Ah... I was finally back in my environment. Non designers don't understand this maybe, but it was nice to talk about something, with someone I so highly respect, about something I actually know a lot about.
Oh sure, many of you would think it exciting enough for me to meet Ben Forta, Michael Dinowitz, Ray Camden, Charlie Arehart, Joe Rinhart, Matt Woodward, and even Simon Horwitz. Tee Hee. After the first night's Death match, he isn't the most popular speaker here. Simon seems to bring it all on himself, and isn't fazed by any negative comments.
I have to say how surprised how many newbie classes/sessions there are here at CFUnited. More than you'd think. hmmmm. As a designer who codes, there were enough things like Accessibility/Usability and CSS, Database basics and Web services to keep you busy the entire time. Plus some very knowledgeable instructors.
I met a lot of great people here at the conference. Learned a lot as well. As the Flex class is ending, I'll close for now. We'll have tons of info for our memebers when we get back.
Dee Sadler KCWebCore Manager
