As you have probably noticed by now, CFDevCon unfortunately got cancelled. This was mainly due to lack of sponsorship which meant we could not afford to run the event, and there were really no cutbacks we could make to get around this as the main cost was the venue.
As one door closes, another opens, with AWeeDram conveniently popping up and advertising itself as a "replacement for CFDevCon" and costing only £10 entry, so there is no excuse not to come.
In the style of the original CFDevCon, they just have a single track with a great lineup of 7 terrific speakers, presenting on topics that many want to know or know more about: ColdSpring, OO, clustering, Subversion, dev practices, and Railo. And the topics are bring presented consecutively so you won't need to worry about missing a single one. That also makes for an easy read of the web site: it's just a single page, with popups for each talk. Take just a minute to check it out.
Put on by the same folks who run Scotch on the Rocks, I'm sure A Wee Dram will be as fun (and relaxed) as it will be informative.
While I am always happy to see another CF related event, I wasn't really too happy at the way they went about organising it and announcing it as a replacement for CFDevCon without even telling us. Had they taken a few moments to communicate their plans to me, I would have been more than happy to support it and put a notice on the CFDevCon site officially endorsing AWeeDram as a replacement for CFDevCon.
Sep 9, 2008 at 12:40 AM CFDevCon was on the ropes for a while before the official announcement came out and all the speakers knew it. Some of the CFDevCon speakers, myself included, had already made travel arrangements so it's hardly surprising that the Scotch on the Rocks folks were able to pick up those speakers and offer a "replacement" event so quickly. I see Talk Web Solutions is sponsoring Wee Dram and they were originally part of CFDevCon - and Wee Dram appears to have had no problem getting last minute sponsors including folks who wouldn't sponsor CFDevCon it seems...
Sep 9, 2008 at 1:02 AM I can assure you that there are things you do not know Sean, and your comment does in fact partially prove my point, but as you can see I am still quite happily promoting and endorsing the event regardless, so I wouldn't worry about it, I'm certainly not.