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CF_Underground San Francisco, a success!

CF_Underground San Francisco was held last week at the Adobe headquarters in downtown SF as a pre MAX event. We had a sold out event with lots of great attendees and talented speakers. Liz and I had a great time putting the conference together and meeting everyone.

We wanted to thank all of our speakers... Raymond Camden, Joe Rinehart, Jeff Tapper and Dan Wilson for taking their time to present at CF_Underground. Also big thanks to Josh Adams and Adobe for hosting. Oh and we wouldn't have a conference if it weren't for the attendees, so thanks to everyone who came!

Here are a few pictures from the event.



Dan Wilson, on "Practical Refactoring: How Small Improvements Make a Big Difference"



Dan the detective & Liz



Raymond Camden, on "Stuff I wish I knew 10 years ago"

Check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/nafisa13/sets/72157610039040961/ to see more pictures.

Dan Wilson speaking at CF_Underground San Francisco

We are happy to announce that Dan Wilson will be speaking at CF_Underground San Francisco.

Dan will be replacing Adam Lehman's speaking slot on the schedule. We don't have a specific topic from Dan yet but will announce it soon.

Here is a little about Dan...

Dan Wilson, principal partner of DataCurl LLC, began his IT career at a fast-paced start-up during the dotcom heyday. He has since then held senior program and development positions in Technical Consulting, Health Care, Online Publishing and Government Contracting.

Dan is an avid participant in technology communities; currently serving on the board for the Triangle ColdFusion User Group in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and regular contributor to open source projects based on ColdFusion, Flex and AIR platforms. You can find his thoughts on ColdFusion, Flex, AIR and other technology matters at http://www.nodans.com.

Dan spends a significant amount of time learning new technologies and techniques. He has taught and presented since 2001 after an invitation to design and lead courses in Web Development for established IT professionals at Metro IS. When not in front of a computer, you can find him biking, hiking, surfing and playing volleyball.

CF_Underground San Francisco - Early bird ends in 2 weeks

CF_Underground SF's early bird ends in 2 weeks, October 31, 2008 with a registration price of only $50! The first 20 attendees to register receive a CF_Underground beer mug, and all registered attendees receive a free ColdFusion 8 tag poster.

CF_Underground SF is a pre MAX event, it will be held on Sunday, November 16th 2008 from 1pm - 5pm at the Adobe headquarters in San Francisco, and then will resume from 5:30pm - 9pm across the street from the Moscone Center at Cheiftain's Irish Pub with free beer and food.

Visit http://cf-underground.com/2008/ for more information on speakers and topics.

Jeff Tapper and Joe Rinehart speaking at CFUnderground

Jeff and Joe are excellent speakers as we all know!

Jeff Tapper is talking about "Unit Testing in Flex with Fluint"

Joe Rinehart is talking about "Enterprise ColdFusion on Model-Glue, Groovy, Spring, and Hibernate"

These two fun guys are ready to give their fully loaded topics and then enjoy good times and great discussions with everyone after wards over some free beer and food.

See you underground at MAX!

Raymond Camden - I wish I knew a decade ago

Raymond Camden told me yesterday that he is definitely going to speak at our CFUnderground event in San Francisco November 16th. I'm super excited now to have Ray present. He also told me that he's going to switch things up a bit for this more informal event and talk about the amazing experiences he's had discovering awesome tools like source control, unit tests, frameworks, coldspring, etc. These are things he didn't know 10 years ago and I'm sure if you think back to the early days of coding, you'll find that your practices were much different.

Hopefully you can come visit us before the MAX event and share this fun experience with Myself, Nafisa, Ray, Adam, Joe, and Jeff.

http://www.cfunderground.com/

I'm bringing back the CFUnderground I use to enjoy the most. Good people, good discussions, good times.

This is lowest price we've ever charged for CFUnderground and in San Francisco no less! Don't miss out.

See you at MAX!

CF Underground San Francisco, The pre-MAX event

CF_Underground has been held annually as a prelude to Adobe's MAX conference for 9 years. It is geared to bring together the ColdFusion community of developers and gurus in a day of fun and engaging talks from some of the industry%u219s leading CF speakers. CF_Underground will be held on Sunday, November 16th 2008 from 1pm - 5pm at the Adobe headquarters in San Francisco, and then will resume from 5:30pm - 9pm across the street from the Moscone Center at Cheiftain's Irish Pub with free beer and food.

The speakers for CF_Underground include Raymond Camden, Adam Wayne Lehman, Joe Rinehart and Jeff Tapper. Visit the CF_Underground 2008 Website for updates on session topics and news, and information to register.

Register before October 31, 2008 to qualify for the early bird discount. First 20 attendees to register receive a CF_Underground beer mug, and all registered attendees receive a free ColdFusion 8 tag poster.