SpiceWorld 2014
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This is where the possibility of an ML conference might be really exciting. A smaller conference focused more on the core IT skills and vendors rather than on a base product primarily with everything else being ancillary. That base product creates a lot of attention and focus but also caps the value of the conference from an IT perspective. It's a double edged sword.
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Can the catchphrase be "Bar opens at noon."?
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Keep the ideas of what you would like to see coming. I am watching and reading. We are looking at getting together an ML conference sometime in 2015 but want to make it very affordable so have to look into sponsors etc. as well. But the goal is for it to be for HIGH level IT Pro's and as such with give Vendors a real way to step up and work with us and really dig deep.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Keep the ideas of what you would like to see coming. I am watching and reading. We are looking at getting together an ML conference sometime in 2015 but want to make it very affordable so have to look into sponsors etc. as well. But the goal is for it to be for HIGH level IT Pro's and as such with give Vendors a real way to step up and work with us and really dig deep.
I'll be there!
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I ended up walking out of the VMWare sponsored DR session. It was a few slides of terminology relating to DR, and the rest was VMWare stuff specifically. I was hoping for more of a high-level overview, but alas, I should have known...
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...and thanks for the kind words about our Powershell session! Martin and I love doing it and would enjoy doing a tool building session (like SAM said, a logic flow toward solving a problem).
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@Minion-Queen said:
HIGH level IT Pro's
What's a HIGH level IT Pro?
(You'll probably answer, if you have to ask Carnival Boy then you're probably not one).
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You hit the nail on the head.
At the other conference things are geared towards their market demographic, that is who their users are. Many people are looking for higher level actual training but this is not who they are their to work with. So we hope to offer that but not based around a single product as we are hardware and software agnostic.
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@Rob-Dunn said:
I ended up walking out of the VMWare sponsored DR session. It was a few slides of terminology relating to DR, and the rest was VMWare stuff specifically. I was hoping for more of a high-level overview, but alas, I should have known...
It's a very "sales centric" conference. I've heard of lot of complaints that all of the vendor sessions are nothing but sales pitches.
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@Rob-Dunn said:
...and thanks for the kind words about our Powershell session! Martin and I love doing it and would enjoy doing a tool building session (like SAM said, a logic flow toward solving a problem).
Maybe a higher level session to be delivered at MangoCon?
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@Carnival-Boy said:
What's a HIGH level IT Pro?
I think that in this context it is those who would be interested in learning more, rather than getting hands held on installing an app. The focus of SW is very much on the newbie audience (those that would be unlikely to return more than once.) As opposed to a conference for those that want to build on what they know year over year.
More like where Microsoft, Veeam, VMware and similar conferences are focused.
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I have to confess, I'm not a conference guy. I'm a big fan of YouTube at the moment. I find you can watch really good seminars or training sessions for free from the comfort of your home, versus driving for a couple of hours only to find that the speaker you've signed up to see is actually a bit crap. With YouTube, if you get bored or its not relevant, you just click on something else. Sure, the quality varies massively, but there is some great stuff out there.
I get that conferences are good for networking, but I'm just not great with people so fail to get as much out that side of things as I should.
I mainly go to them for a free trip to London, which I suspect is why most people go. Some boring seminar in the morning, followed by a few hours wandering around the The National Gallery looking at paintings - that's my idea of a good day at work!
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I have to confess, I'm not a conference guy.
I wasn't until I started going to SpiceWorld. I was invited as a speaker or I would have never even attempted going. I had no idea why it would be useful.
Needless to say, I've not missed a SW since and have attended some like Microsoft's Partner World (also as a speaker) and it was really great. Dell World was okay. @Katie just did the GFI conference and thought that it was really good.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I mainly go to them for a free trip to London, which I suspect is why most people go. Some boring seminar in the morning, followed by a few hours wandering around the The National Gallery looking at paintings - that's my idea of a good day at work!
At SW Austin the conference events go from 7AM until 2AM. You have to skip a ton of stuff to be able to do anything "extra."
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@scottalanmiller said:
I wasn't until I started going to SpiceWorld. I was invited as a speaker or I would have never even attempted going.
I enjoy speaking, just not listening. I've only been asked to speak once at an ERP conference and it was great.
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@scottalanmiller said:
At SW Austin the conference events go from 7AM until 2AM. You have to skip a ton of stuff to be able to do anything "extra."
As far as I could tell from you and @ajstringham 's Facebook feeds, you spent the whole time eating and getting drunk.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I enjoy speaking, just not listening. I've only been asked to speak once at an ERP conference and it was great.
That's because you are an ERP specialist
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@Carnival-Boy said:
As far as I could tell from you and @ajstringham 's Facebook feeds, you spent the whole time eating and getting drunk.
Pretty much sums it up. Well unless my boss is reading.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
As far as I could tell from you and @ajstringham 's Facebook feeds, you spent the whole time eating and getting drunk.
It is a drinking conference for sure. My feed is misleading, though, since it is specifically the feed for the bar events.
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@scottalanmiller said:
My feed is misleading, though, since it is specifically the feed for the bar events.
That's what they all say.
