i arrive @ MSP 2:03pm tomorrow. anybody else hitting town about that time wanna split a cab/shuttle from the airport? if so, ping me.

cf.Objective() 2008 is just around the corner. registration is still open, and the deadline for the convention rate at the hotel has been extended until april 15th. if you've been putting off registration, the clock's ticking.

if you've already registered, be sure and use the online scheduler to sign up for sessions. which sessions get repeated on sunday are driven entirely by the number of people signing up for those sessions. kudos to the cf.Objective() team for getting the repeat sessions scheduled early. it really helps to know which ones will be repeated when you've got a scheduling conflict.

my current/tenative schedule:

the sessions have long since been announced and made available on the cf.Objective() web site (http://www.cfobjective.com/schedule.cfm), but now thanks to joe rinehart and firemoss, you can select the sessions of your choice via a nifty flex interface.

as sean corfield explains, the popularity of a given session will help to determine which sessions are repeated on sunday. help the folks behind cf.Objective() by indicating which sessions you want to attend so that they can go ahead and set the schedule for sunday.

sean is also taking suggestions for "birds-of-a-feather" (BoF) sessions to be held during the conference. if you're attending (and if you're not, why aren't you?), be sure to leave your comments (there, not here) letting him know what you want to see in the way of BoF sessions.

this is going to be my first time at cf.Objective(), and i'm really looking forward to it. it's awesome that the people behind the conference take the time to solicit input from attendees in order to tailor the conference to meet their needs as much as possible. make sure you head over to sean's blog and make your voice heard.

it was all very last minute... but i managed to get myself on the attendee list for flex camp this friday (27 july) up in san fran.

driving up from redlands with the family and plan to make a weekend out of it. flex camp on friday... saturday and sunday looking at potential house rentals in anticipation of the move in september. we have one appointment set up for a house in san ramon (which is where the new job is), possibly one in castro valley (if still available), and one in hayward that looks somewhat intriguing.

i'm not really big on repeating blog entries that others have already posted (which is what everybody says right before repeating a blog entry that someone else has already posted), but i felt that this one was worth (re-)mentioning.

how cool would it be to write an open source coldfusion application that benefits the community? very cool you say?

how about if you wrote an open source coldfusion application that benefitted the community and got free admission to cfunited (the premiere coldfusion conference)? very cool but c'mon charlie. stop pulling my leg, you say?

how about if you wrote an open source coldfusion application that benefitted the community and got free admission to cfunited (the premiere coldfusion conference), and got a free nintendo wii? very cool but c'mon charlie. you been sniffing the dry erase markers again you say?

first... don't judge me. i like the way sniffing the markers makes me feel all tingly in my extremities. second... it's all true.

between now (whenever you happen to be reading this) and june 5, submit an open source coldfusion application that duplicates the functionality of a current commercial application and you could win not only free entry to cfunited 2007, but also your very own brand spankin' new nintendo wii!

full contest details and entry form can be found over at ben nadel's blog.

are you still here? go! go read about it on ben's blog! time's a wasting! where the %##$ is my green marker?