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An (Interesting) BarCamp Orlando Recap
I just returned from my first trip to BarCampOrlando. Instead of boring you with the individual panel remarks, I decided to take the cynical approach.
Saturday at BarCampOrlando Developer Day started off decently. The usual cliques of the locals developed instantly, but I did not let that deter me. I tried to weasel my way into any conversation with comments that were sure not to make any of the developers angry. Things like “hey, this guy was telling me PHP is much better than Rails” and “Outsourcing Rules.” The kind of stuff that seems to help people want to be friends with me! If only Dale Carnegie knew how much I learned from his book! Here are some of the things that I learned from Developer Day:
- If you want your website to work, you have to be like Gary Vee
- British people sound so much better when presenting ideas, I am thinking about picking up one of those accents so people listen to me more seriously.
- Seems the only thing Rails and PHP guys get along about is heckling the .net guys during their meetings!
- One of the Panel speakers says the web will close again, since it is cyclical and we are currently in an open period
- Another Panel speaker said while twitter spends tons of money to make their site work better, we use our brains instead of money.
- Do not dress up when going to tech events, you stick out in a crowd and the guys dressed in flip flops and ripped shorts will comment to each other about how tacky you look
- The Antichrist of the internet is centralized corporate control.
- Data portability is for everyone but facebook.
Sunday started off with rain and only 1/3 the amount of people as Saturday. I guess developers have no interest in Media day. It seemed like the rain was more eventful than the topics being discussed. I do not think it is wise to start panels at 10:30am on a Sunday morning after the majority of the attendees were out partying the night before. Sometimes Guitar Hero and Rockband are too much for most tech guys in one evening! There were very few discussions to attend, and it seemed the free food was what most people were talking about. So all in all, it was a nice event, and I would certainly go back again next year. The only thing that will keep me from attending next year is if they use those cheap name tag stickers again, cause they stained my white shirt black!
This conference recap was provided by Craig Agranofff. Craig is the Site Czar of VOIS, a publicly traded global social networking community.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU CRAIG ,YOU COME A LONG WAY .DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO FOR YOU .YOU ARE MY BUDDIE .YOU ALLWAYS HELP US AT VOIS .I THANK YOU SO MUCH.GOOD LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE .
craig is truly the best at vois.com
Neat article..Sounds like next year you should wear a disposable shirt ? Craig is the Man..We are lucky to have him at VOIS.com
Proud of you! Keep up the great work! Ruff!
Great writup Craig. Thanks for posting that. I don’t know what people are talking about with mispeeling. I didn’t see any mispeeling or tipos. lol and I hate those cheesy name tags too. Just write Craig across your forehead and start a new fad. ;)
Hey Craig it was nice meeting you in Orlando..rain sucked I agree. I like your approach in this article!
WAY TO GO CRAIG KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK YOU ARE DOING AT VOIS.COM
THIS IS A NICE GUY
Hey, this review I found very interesting to read. Finally somebody made interesting shift and convert usually boring technical review quite interesting and readable to the “rest of us”.
Looking forward to see your further reviews. Way to go!
P.S. You grammar catchers, be so kind and visit http://www.sterile-yet-without-typo.com to leave your comments there. Thanks
With you Craig!!!
Many laughs past, and many to come!
Our home at VOIS is where we’re from.
With Craig, known as Lapp, and that’s no crap!
We make our way our way, and hang no rap.
Many days happy and a few so sad!
There has been the odd one gone away mad.
To VOIS and Craig we stand so true!
As for other sites,..no interest in you!
We’re here to back you up our Bro!
We know where non-supporter can go!
It’s awfully hot and rhymes with spell!
And from there comes and awful smell.
Could it be a place that’s called “MyFace”?
Or is it a Book of just more disgrace?
just i will that’s good
if u are a biginner
try hard to have just interresting subject to speak about it
like problems of world this days (war, petrole…)
i encourage u
keep moving
You should bill them for your shirt ;) Interesting stickers…
I am extremely happy to read this post, and not just because I am married to the author. Thanks Allen, while he was writing it, he finally stopped yapping to me!
Make sure you put lots of zeros behind the number nine on mine please………hahaha
Wow Craig………and I thought I was famous when I got caught going 60 in a 30 mile an hour zone……lol My license plate and name was announced all over the scanner. LOL But I’ll be darned if the cute little cop didn’t let me go. He knew deep down I was good. LOL
Nice article hon. You know we all love you at vois.com……..best site around! :) Keep up the wonderful work.
Craig rocks. It is not a quarterly oxford review. …and Craig would rock that too.
The concise and playful way it is put together just hide the mountain of information in there. Strictly critically speaking.
Funny how people are such masters at grammar, but forget their manners….. Manners came before grammar, right? And since there are so many editors in here- the copy editor reads for typos. Not you or Craig.
Create or criticize? I am glad Craig creates….
That is why Craig Friggin rocks (gee I hope that was spelled right).
True class makes humility. Bravo Craig.
stefan
WELL I’M JUST WONDERING IF ANONYMOUS IS A SCHOOL TEACHER …OR WHAT…OH MY GOD CRAIG !!!! YOUR GRAMMER IS SO POOR…..YOU NEED A QUESTION MARK HERE AND EWE NEED A PERIOD THEIR….AND THAT SHOOD BE INN QUOTATION MARKS….
WHAT ABOUT MY ALL CAPS…???….IT IS NOT LIKE CRAIG IS ON JEPORDY OR SOMETHING???…
ANY WAY, CRAIG I REALLY ENJOYED WHAT YOU WROTE….THAT IS ME TO A T WHEN I AM IN A MEETING….HA HA
AND THANKS TO YOU KEEPING VOIS GOING WITH NEW AND REFRESHING ITEMS …IT IS THE BEST SITE ON THE WEB !!!!I AM HOOKED
I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT MARRIED…HA HA THE WIFE WOULD HATE ALL THE TIME I GIVE TO VOIS….I LOVE IT …KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !!!
AND NOT TO FORGET , THAT YOU ARE A GREAT GUY TO TALK WITH TOO…..
CHUCKIE
to all the vois people who came to comment please do not forget to tell me where to mail your checks ha ha ha ha
The one sentence should read:
Hey, this guy was telling me PHP is much better than Rails.
“Then” denotes time and “than” is used for comparisons.
Also, periods go inside of quotation marks when the quote finishes a sentence.
It’s certainly refreshing to hear a cynical perspective on conferences every once in a while.
Regardless, I wish I had been there. Thanks for keeping me in the loop.
Also in the byline, the word “communities” should probably be “community.”
Now I will have to read this blog more often since my little Craigy is here!!!!
Anonymous, I will have to run my next post past you first! Should I email it to anonymous@????
I’m not a full time editor but I just caught a few mistakes when I read the post. The blog owner should take care of that for you.
I enjoyed the post but the mistakes take away from the good content.
All of at Vois love Craig…He is famous with us..We’re just one big family at Vois.com
It’s really too bad that America is so far away from Norway, cause I would love to be there with you, Craig.
Well I am happy you at least enjoyed it!
CRAIG IS AWESOME…VOIS IS MY HOME SITE THERE NO OTHER SITE THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THAT MAKES ME FEEL AT HOME! I TOLD HIM RECENTLY THAT VOIS AND ALL OF US MEMBERS ARE LIEK FAMILY WE ARE VERY CLOSE KNIT! WAY TO GO CRAIG WE LOVE YOU HERE AT VOIS!
A little different than I am used to reading on here but as I said oddly funny. Nice to see Allen is trying some new talent. Also I know of your company too as word around South Florida travels fast. Rumors are flowing you have something brewing there. Keep writing kid don’t let the others comments discourage you, but do check your grammar.