The North American segment of the most ambitious (and grueling) user group tour in Macromedia's history has just finished. Reactions to Blackstone (the next major version of ColdFusion) have been overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic, and so I thought it worthwhile to share some of what we've...
I presented Blackstone to the Boston CFUG this evening, another great presentation (despite the heat and the lack of air conditioning). So, 2 countries, 17 states, 24 user groups, CFUN, lots of corporate presentations, numerous Breeze presentations, thousands of users, more hotels and flights than...
I first mentioned Blackstone gateways at CFUN, and there has been lots of interest and curiosity ever since. Sean Corfield is already building Blackstone gateways (using the alpha version of the product), and has blogged an overview of how he is using gateways to tie different systems together in a...
I presented Blackstone to the Philadelphia user group last night. Some of the attendees had attended CFUN, so I tried to alter the content slightly. This was a rather quiet (almost subdued) group, one of the attendees suggested that that was typical of Philadelphians, but I don't buy that at all....
Kansas City held the user group attendance lead (for this tour) for a few weeks, but Washington D.C. took the lead this evening with 100 attendees. About 1/3 of those present had attended my CFUN keynote, so I varied the presentation somewhat (different examples, additional content), answered lots...
I just presented Blackstone to CFUN. The only adjective that I think adequately describes the atmosphere in the room is "intense". I was given 40+ minutes to talk and so had to scale back the content and also talk and demo really quickly. The crowd of over 500 loved everything they saw, spontaneous...
I am still planning to take the Blackstone tour to Europe (and probably Asia too), but it won't be the week of July 12th as originally planned. The reasons for the change are: A) Summer attendance will not be as good as we'd like, B) I really need a break from this, I am now in the middle of my 5th...
I am in LAX waiting for a redeye home, having just wrapped week 4 of my user group tour. The San Francisco and Orange Country presentations both went very well, although neither group unseated Kansas City which still holds the attendance record. I'll post pictures when I am on a faster connection....
I spoke to the user group in Sacramento last night (flight delays meant that I was cutting it close, but I did make it, and on time too). Another great presentation, and once again I did not get through all of my content because there were so many questions and comments. Some folks drove 200+ miles...
I presented Blackstone to the user group in Portland, OR, this evening. It's been quite a while since I was last in Portland, I don't remember it being so hot here! I had to make lots of last minute demo changes because I installed a new product build and stuff changed (I like living dangerously)....