RE: NOLA post mortum.... -- MIDRANGE-L

 
I just wanted to add that the Java for RPG programmers Lab Taught by George
Farr & Phil Coutrtland was super. 

There were a few all day sessions (i.e. 8 hours of an intro to Java course)
expect to see more of the same at the fall conference in California. 

Russ Popeil
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [SMTP:dr2@access.digex.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 1998 10:31 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      NOLA post mortum....
> 
> 
> 
> Well, New Orleans is over....and some really good sessions!
> 
> As I recall, it's the Largest Expo to date and 2nd largest attendance.  
> 
> LOTS of people recognizing and wearing their MIDRANGE-L pins...  
> 
> George Farr's Java for the RPG pgmr session and handout gets good kudo's
> from here....nice comparisons...  Very heavy on the Java/Ecommerce/ILE
> stuffs....lots of good handouts...speakers are realizing that good solid
> code samples in handouts are really what's desired...  Wish more speakers
> had laser pens...  Lots of sessions running out of handouts...and no there
> wasn't that much snarfing going on....heck, you had to walk too damn
> far...
> 
> Hopefully Anaheim will have some of the registration process streamlined
> for the prereg'd folks...board members were shown a way for a
> preregistered person to basically have to spend no more than 15 seconds on
> the onsite process...would make that mess a bit more palatable...also
> hopefully expo will open at reg time....not holding breath here, but it
> may happen...  Basically if you've prereg'd, you go through the checking
> shoot, wand your card through the mag strip reader, get your goodie dujour
> and hit the expo...without breaking stride....
> 
> Cyber cafe's and PC sites were usually busy with waiting lines....nice
> touch there...  Bookstore was a good touch.  We've seen it here in DC with
> other tech conferences....had a web conference here and a bookstore that
> looked like someone had taken the computing section of Borders down to the
> convention center so my guess is that it'll grow...
> 
> Goodies at the expo were hard to find.  There were a few good t-shirts and
> 2-3 mugs, but the usual piles of executive pacifiers were nowhere to be
> found....perhaps that's why people didn't return in droves Monday or
> Tues...  Also, I've been curious as to why they don't have goodies
> awards for the expo...best t-shirt, best mug, best executive pacifier,
> etc....(got a couple more in mind, but I'ld REALLY get some flame mail for
> them...:)
> 
> Now on the the real important stuff....   Cafe DuMond had the usual good
> munchies and coffees they're well known for....and there's few things like
> drinking a cold one standing in front of Cats watching the zanies...
> Weather for the week was just super...you couldn't have asked for
> better...unless you wanted snow...:) ...
> 
> Look for more cyber lurkers on the M-L list as many more were recruited.
> 
> There will be no CDROM from this conference...so don't hold your breath.
> 
> Sorry I didn't have the chance for the nightly reports as before...just
> too much going on and too tired when I got back to be more than my usual
> marginally coherent...
> 
> Later on folks...
> 
> Don in DC metro...
> 
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