Comments on: Events and A Day, Belatedly http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/08/events-and-a-day-belatedly/ Things that Eric A. Meyer, CSS expert, writes about on his personal Web site; it's largely Web standards and Web technology, but also various bits of culture, politics, personal observations, and other miscellaneous stuff Fri, 10 May 2013 11:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tonie Broad http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/08/events-and-a-day-belatedly/#comment-492259 Tonie Broad Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:33:42 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=1247#comment-492259 I’m going, I’m going… got my hotel too, next the plane/boat tickets…I’m going…I’m going.

I get to attend 1 coference every two years, I held out for this one… I’m going … :-)

]]> By: Eric Meyer http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/08/events-and-a-day-belatedly/#comment-492229 Eric Meyer Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:15:54 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=1247#comment-492229 It’s true that the same speakers are returning, Daryl, but as you also point out they’re all presenting new talks. Whether there’s enough fresh perspective depends, I suppose, on what sort of perspective. If you’re looking for the kind of freshness brought by all-new speakers, then not really, no. If you’re looking for kind of freshness that comes from new insights and approaches, some of them grounded in (or even in reaction to) what’s gone before in our field, then I believe the answer is yes.

Put another way, while everyone on the stage is a really smart professional and great speaker, I wouldn’t have assembled this lineup if I thought it was just going to be a rehash of the same old ideas.

]]> By: Daryl http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/08/events-and-a-day-belatedly/#comment-492227 Daryl Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:53:26 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=1247#comment-492227 I attended AEA 2009 in Boston, and the speaker lineup for Boston 2010 looks to be the same (with I think one exception). While the topics are different, I’m wondering if it’s worth it to see the same speakers. I know you, Eric, would obviously have a bias, but I’m wondering how you feel on that issue? I know you weren’t at Boston last year, so there’s one obvious advantage to attending this year, but is there enough fresh perspective being brought to the event this year?

]]> By: Grant Palin http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/08/events-and-a-day-belatedly/#comment-492058 Grant Palin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:03:08 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=1247#comment-492058 Cool. I’ve just gotten registered for AEA Seattle. It will be the first time I’ve attended an AEA event. Now to set up a hotel booking.

]]> By: Eric Meyer http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/08/events-and-a-day-belatedly/#comment-492048 Eric Meyer Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:38:11 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=1247#comment-492048 Grant: There are a maximum of 300 seats available in Seattle, so at this point that’s how many we’re expecting!

]]> By: Grant Palin http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/02/08/events-and-a-day-belatedly/#comment-492042 Grant Palin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:02:40 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/?p=1247#comment-492042 I’m thinking to attend the Seattle event…How many people are you anticipating?

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