October Rules Fest 2009 & 2010

February 3, 2010

Cheers to James Owen for his stewardship of the October Rules Fest for 2008 and 2009. I was only able to attend a small portion of the 2009 conference, but those portions were quite good. The sign of a healthy conference is one where attendees return as presenters and this year had a few such presentations (Andrew! David!). It was great to see everyone again, but I missed a few folks who were unable to return.

I think my previously posted comments from last year are largely still applicable:

Since James is now returning to working for a vendor, October Rules Fest will now be organized by Jason Morris. The conference is in good hands – Jason is an excellent choice. Make your wishes for ORF 2010 known now.

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October Rules Fest: A Wishlist

December 7, 2008

Clearing out some of the backlog of drafts, it seems I have one more post on this topic to wrap up…

Here are some thoughts on content for future October Rules Fest gatherings. This is, of course, highly subjective.

In general, I think James Owen shouldn’t have to bear the burden of organizing all the content. I think there should be a small panel of folks to solicit, select and approve the content. In addition, I think there should be plenty of lead time and slides should have to be presented in advance. Better yet, let’s have real papers rather than just PPT slides.

As my friend Larry says “it’s still the wild west”. The spectrum of talks that can be given is still very wide. Here are some topics I would like to see included.

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October Rules Fest: Providing Feedback

November 17, 2008

I may be in the minority, but I would prefer something a little more structured than the October Rules Fest 2008 call for suggestions.

If I was authoring a feedback form for the conference, I would solicit feedback for a number of key areas. I will outline some of those areas below. This is obviously not a finished feedback form. Some of these are free-form-answer questions and some should be multiple choice. That said, if you attended and are planning to provide feedback to the organizers, consider addressing some of these areas in your comments.

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October Rules Fest: Photos

November 17, 2008

Photos from the October Rules Fest 2008 are trickling onto Flickr.

I will update this post when more photos surface.

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October Rules Fest: Day 3

November 14, 2008

Some comments on the third day of the October Rules Fest:

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October Rules Fest: Day 2

November 12, 2008

Some comments on the second day of the October Rules Fest:

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October Rules Fest: Day 1

November 4, 2008

Some comments on the first day of the October Rules Fest:

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October Rules Fest: Moving Forward

November 3, 2008

October Rules Fest sign

On October 22-24, I attended the (first?) October Rules Fest. I think something like this is long overdue. In fact, it is so overdue that I’m working to overcome my instinctive cynicism that the event will be unable to continue.

The community owes the organizers a round of thanks. Thank you: James, Rolando and Greg. It’s also my understanding that Mark Proctor helped get the ball rolling. Thanks, Mark.

Here are some of the reasons why I think the conference was/is valuable:
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