NOTE: As of July 12, 2009, this blog has been discontinued and replaced by the new Thought Delimited blog. All of the entries in this blog can be found there, along with new posts.
Reflections on cf.Objective()
Still, there are a few things I want to say for myself. First of all, a big thank-you to everyone involved in the planning and execution of the conference. You all did a remarkable job. Same goes for the speakers. I think everyone learned a lot at the conference.
But what really made this conference special to me were the conversations I had outside of the presentations. I've been to CFUnited and even to MAX before, and while I learned a great deal at both, I tended to feel a bit lost, being a solo developer amongst a large crowd of folks who knew each other already or came with colleagues. cf.Objective() was different: it never took more than a minute or two to get involved in a conversation with folks from the blogosphere or even developers I knew nothing about. I always felt like I was part of what was going on. It was truly the most enjoyable conference I've ever attended.
Like I alluded to in my earlier post, I'd been feeling down and negative about, well, a number of things in the weeks leading up to the conference. I feel now like I'm back on track, ready to take what I got from this experience and run with it. So stay tuned.
P.S. A big thanks to Adobe for bring MXNA back to life, better than ever!
