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Crockford did nothing wrong. Fuck Nodevember. If you have huevos or egos or whatever, don't support that conference. He is one of those guys that will email you

Crockford did nothing wrong. Fuck Nodevember. If you have huevos or egos or whatever, don't support that conference. He is one of those guys that will email you back if you have a technical question. I know because he already did twice to me. Who can say that about someone so influential?

sebringj 10y ago
What's the hash tag for that? #fuck_nodevember
BinaryIdiot 10y ago
It's another conference scam anyway. They're charging $350 for tickets with unconfirmed speakers and they have an open call for speakers. Considering the main value is out of the speakers selling before having much of anything confirmed or even finished just screams like yet another conference trying to cash in (they're even taking sponsors, too). I don't mind conferences where you have to pay mind you but I've only seen the small, borderline scammy conferences where you have to pay before finding out the full line up of speakers.
- sebringj 10y ago
  I never got the point of those anyways as youtube is sufficient.
  - BinaryIdiot 10y ago
    I mean sometimes they're good if you can interact with the speakers, ask questions and maybe even network / talk with the other folks interested in the same topics as you. But yeah in general I would imagine YouTube would be better with this. Now if it's a free conference? Then I'm all for it almost always for it. YCombinator Start-up school comes to mind; I enjoyed it a lot the last time and I'm going to the upcoming one :)
    - sebringj 10y ago
      That's a good point. I think because I have 3 young sons and am so busy outside of that type of stuff I have a different take on my personal time in terms of spending more if it with geeks than I have to. :)
- lawnchair_larry 10y ago
  This is standard. I don't really like it either but all conferences I've attended do this and they aren't scams. I'm not sure if there is a deliberate reason or if it's just the natural order of conference logistics. You always have the option of not buying a ticket until seeing the speakers list, but you risk losing your early bird pricing or the conference selling out. I suppose that if attendees have so much confidence that they are willing to commit before seeing the speaker list and the conference sells out, one can't really argue against this model.

sebringj 10y ago

What's the hash tag for that? #fuck_nodevember

BinaryIdiot 10y ago

It's another conference scam anyway. They're charging $350 for tickets with unconfirmed speakers and they have an open call for speakers. Considering the main value is out of the speakers selling before having much of anything confirmed or even finished just screams like yet another conference trying to cash in (they're even taking sponsors, too). I don't mind conferences where you have to pay mind you but I've only seen the small, borderline scammy conferences where you have to pay before finding out the full line up of speakers.

sebringj 10y ago
I never got the point of those anyways as youtube is sufficient.
- BinaryIdiot 10y ago
  I mean sometimes they're good if you can interact with the speakers, ask questions and maybe even network / talk with the other folks interested in the same topics as you. But yeah in general I would imagine YouTube would be better with this. Now if it's a free conference? Then I'm all for it almost always for it. YCombinator Start-up school comes to mind; I enjoyed it a lot the last time and I'm going to the upcoming one :)
  - sebringj 10y ago
    That's a good point. I think because I have 3 young sons and am so busy outside of that type of stuff I have a different take on my personal time in terms of spending more if it with geeks than I have to. :)
lawnchair_larry 10y ago
This is standard. I don't really like it either but all conferences I've attended do this and they aren't scams. I'm not sure if there is a deliberate reason or if it's just the natural order of conference logistics. You always have the option of not buying a ticket until seeing the speakers list, but you risk losing your early bird pricing or the conference selling out. I suppose that if attendees have so much confidence that they are willing to commit before seeing the speaker list and the conference sells out, one can't really argue against this model.