I have a personal view on conferences<p>The higher level the issue debated, the less value there is in a conference (higher level - not necessarily 'closer to the metal')<p>As such<p>Python conference - sign me up!
Django or Pylons conference - ok
Pinax conference - don't waste my money<p>Because it gets more specific, less flexible every time.<p>A conference on CSS/HTML5? Looks cool. A conference on LESS? C'mon<p>Especially for $300 dollars
You got to hand it to Heroku for their site design.<p>I particularly like their understated google map marker as the icon to click to find the location.
$300 to go see this joker? <a href="https://waza.heroku.com/2013/speakers/aaron-patterson" rel="nofollow">https://waza.heroku.com/2013/speakers/aaron-patterson</a><p>Have these people lost touch with the value of money? If Im paying $300 for one day I better learn a shit load not have to listen to some dude bull shit me about his "street dance offs".<p>I mean maybe that guys actually legit and is just trying to be funny. But im honestly frustrated at how expensive all these conferences are, for a free lance/startup person its way too much.