Comments on: Conferences: necessary? http://aralbalkan.com/743 Aral on Flash, SWX, Flex, ActionScript, and life. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:25:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Flash on the Beach blog » Blog Archive » Aral Balkan asks “So are conferences necessary?” http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4465 Flash on the Beach blog » Blog Archive » Aral Balkan asks “So are conferences necessary?” Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:26:55 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4465 [...] Check out the rest of his post here. [...] […] Check out the rest of his post here. […]

]]> By: JD on EP http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4445 JD on EP Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:20:01 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4445 <strong>Quick links...</strong> Quick links: Lots of good stuff in the aggregators today... conference tips, surprising uses of bitmap manipulations, three or four more articles I particularly enjoyed reading today....... Quick links…

Quick links: Lots of good stuff in the aggregators today… conference tips, surprising uses of bitmap manipulations, three or four more articles I particularly enjoyed reading today…….

]]> By: JesterXL http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4441 JesterXL Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:15:25 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4441 Dar... btw Aral, nice post! Good thoughts and advice. Dar… btw Aral, nice post! Good thoughts and advice.

]]> By: JesterXL http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4440 JesterXL Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:14:34 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4440 Speakers typically speak at 120 words per minute. The audience can absorb 500 words per minute. Therefore, Alan needs to recognize the fact that people have about 400 words of free time, aka, spare cycles to multi-task and do other things. ...or you can do like I do and speak at moch-2. Speakers typically speak at 120 words per minute. The audience can absorb 500 words per minute. Therefore, Alan needs to recognize the fact that people have about 400 words of free time, aka, spare cycles to multi-task and do other things.

…or you can do like I do and speak at moch-2.

]]> By: Chris Korhonen http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4432 Chris Korhonen Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:09:14 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/743#comment-4432 Totally agree with you Aral, if I wanted to learn everything about a topic then I would buy a book or go to a workshop. Conferences are great for giving you an overview of current trends (for dConstruct it was Microformats), and really to inspire you into going home or back to work and to see really what you can do with these trends (like writing some software... ). All of the social events and backnetworking at dConstruct also made it a much better experience - its nice to get out of the office for a day or two, meet new people, and have some fun. Also, spot on with your comments on Keynote - this weekend I've been preparing some training materials for Mon/Tues, and I decided to forget Powerpoint and go for Keynote for all of the slides etc. Nice and flexible application once you get used it it, plus my slides are definately looking prettier ;) Totally agree with you Aral, if I wanted to learn everything about a topic then I would buy a book or go to a workshop. Conferences are great for giving you an overview of current trends (for dConstruct it was Microformats), and really to inspire you into going home or back to work and to see really what you can do with these trends (like writing some software… ). All of the social events and backnetworking at dConstruct also made it a much better experience - its nice to get out of the office for a day or two, meet new people, and have some fun.

Also, spot on with your comments on Keynote - this weekend I’ve been preparing some training materials for Mon/Tues, and I decided to forget Powerpoint and go for Keynote for all of the slides etc. Nice and flexible application once you get used it it, plus my slides are definately looking prettier ;)

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