Comments on: Web Directions, Sydney 2006 - WIN an XBOX 360 from SitePoint

By: Mark Harbottle

Mark Harbottle — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:37:09 +0000

It’s impossible that you would receive 40 or 50 messages from sitepoint per week, per month, or per year for that matter - even if you did downloaded more than one of our sample chapters. If you send me one of your email addresses I’d be happy to lookup what you’re subscribed to exactly. Or you could always click the unsubscribe link at the end of any of our emails and you’ll never hear from SitePoint again.

By the way, only one of our guys (Kevin Yank) is speaking at Web Directions, and only one SitePoint title is for sale at the conference (The JavaScript Anthology). This is not a SitePoint conference, we’re just a huge supporter of the event…

By “full force” we’re actually referring to the fact that a bunch of our team will be there — most of whom will be sitting in the crowd watching the presentations like the rest of you. We pointed out this fact incase anyone reading this wanted to meet us in person. That’s all!

By: Sitepoint-skeptic

Sitepoint-skeptic — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:17:45 +0000

Following the thread by Matthew & NetNerd85…

My personal concern from SitePoint being there in “full force” is the number of contact email messages to promote your own stuff I receive. I have purchased a SitePoint book and downloaded several free chapters from other books. Now I receive about 40 or 50 messages per week with SitePoint promotions!!! I don’t even get that much SPAM.

My concern, watch-out for the SitePoint Logo. It might be a little overwhelming by the time the web site, brochure, email distrbutions, participant list and all materials are printed and distributed.

How can you help? Be reasonable about the messages you send to people, especially to those who are about to shell out conference fees and airfare to hear your talks and listen to you promote your own books.

Just my $.02.

By: zkiller

zkiller — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:52:31 +0000

After converting the cost of a ticket from AUD to EUR, i am rather impressed. Just under 440 EUR for a 4 day event is actually a great price and I do not understand why anyone would complain about it. Unfortunetly, I just got back from a 4 week vacation and will not be able to take a another anytime soon. On a side note, I have always found Australia intriging. :)

By: NetNerd85

NetNerd85 — Sun, 28 May 2006 13:47:54 +0000

Well yes kind of, it makes some sense now Matthew. Even though force and enthusiasm mean completely different things.

By: Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain — Sun, 28 May 2006 13:02:18 +0000

Hi NetNerd85. You’re correct, I don’t get your point. Other commenters seem to be in the same boat. Kev’s covered SitePoint’s involvement with the conference pretty clearly in his blog post–substitute “full force” with “extreme enthusiasm” if it makes it clearer for you.

By: NetNerd85

NetNerd85 — Sun, 28 May 2006 11:28:49 +0000

Matt clearly you are insulted and missing my point, I apologise for you misunderstanding. Let me just ask this: What will sitepoint be doing at the conference which requires full force?

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Sat, 27 May 2006 18:10:59 +0000

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By: Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain — Sat, 27 May 2006 07:28:52 +0000

Sitepoint is a business which uses other peoples knowledge to make money … So when you say sitepoint will be there “in full force”, it worries me.

What is a conference then? And what of the hundreds of articles, blog posts, newsletters and forum posts by SitePoint staff? I can’t work out whether you’re being deliberately provocative or just ignorant. What exactly is it that you’re so “worried” about?

If you have constructive criticism of a particular SitePoint article or book, I’d encourage you to send us your feedback about it so that we can improve. But to sit back and suggest that we shouldn’t be involved in this conference because you don’t think that SitePoint content is up to scratch, quite frankly, baffles me.

By: cranial-bore

cranial-bore — Fri, 26 May 2006 10:25:38 +0000

Can someone please explain why this is a good thing?

Can someone please explain what your implication is supposed to be? I can’t see any real or perceived problem with this.

By: NetNerd85

NetNerd85 — Fri, 26 May 2006 03:19:50 +0000

Yes the price is definitely cheaper than most, if not all others. The fact that sitepoint is a new sponsor I thought it might expand the seats available and perhaps nudge the price down rather than up. Considering I was able to listen to the previous conference for free via podcast, well it would have been more than worth the money last year.

No offence, but in my opinion Sitepoint is not an industry leader. Sitepoint is a business which uses other peoples knowledge to make money. I’d love to see you at an e-business conference but not a web conference. When it comes to quality of content, again in my opinion it isn’t at a standard I consider to be high (it is improving however). I’m doing my best as a web developer to improve my skills. It is difficult when you can not find quality and depth in content (paid for or free). So when you say sitepoint will be there “in full force”, it worries me.