360|Flex - Let’s not call it goodbye.
Well, 360|Flex San Jose has come to a close. It was a lot of fun - lots of great people, some really decent sessions and, as I pointed out the in the last post, just a great overall vibe of community and optimism surrounding Flex.
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As I sit in the gazebo of the hotel courtyard, surrounded by beautiful rose bushes and palm trees, a perfectly tempered breeze lightly titillating my scalp with featherlight fingers and the sky as blue as ever, I can’t help but reflect on the great data visualization tools that Tom Gonzalez presented on, or the excellent session on the intellectual hows and whys of data visualization provided by Tony Hillerson and Juan Sanchez. And as I sit here, with several martinis diligently, but ever so gently, working to maintain my relaxed state, I am reminded of the comfort provided by Troy Gardener speaking the gospel of Finite and Hierarchical State Machines… oh, and who could forget RJ Owen and Brad Umbaugh’s walk through of the component lifecycle. Yes, these things I have experienced will remain with me always, forever a testament to the power and purpose of the almighty Flex and our place in it’s world.
And so 360|Flex, let’s not call it goodbye.. only farewell for now - for we shall meet again. I don’t know where or when, but I’m sure you’ll keep in touch.
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Ehem.. so yeah, it was ok I guess.. if you’re into that sort of thing.
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August 21st, 2008 at 11:57 am
Very poetic and nicely written. Can’t wait to hear more about the conference when you get back.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I didn’t want to be the first person to tell you this - but we switched the project over to MS Silverlight while you were gone.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
@bcolflesh - that’s ok, I know that too
August 21st, 2008 at 4:39 pm
“And so 360|Flex, let’s not call it goodbye.. only farewell for now - for we shall meet again. I don’t know where or when, but I’m sure you’ll keep in touch.”
How about September 26th in Montclair, NJ
http://www.360conferences.com/360flexcamp/
August 21st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
“titillating my scalp” - WTH?! Does this happen?
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm
@The Saj - yeah I’m looking at that, waiting for a schedule.
@cshontz - you have obviously never been balding.. It does indeed.