On 09/09/2015 01:41 PM, Mark Waddingham wrote:
The survey asked if one were likely to attend; but as the choice of
where one could attend was restricted the results would be
like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Err - no - we had a shortlist of areas in which we know we could
afford to run a confer
> Indeed, we could have given a list of an arbitrary number of places -
> Munich, Shanghai, Outer Hebrides, *Tristan da Cunha*, Nuaha...
LiveCode Conference to be held in Edinburgh*!
*of the seven seas
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 11:41 AM Mark Waddingham wrote:
> > The survey asked if one w
The survey asked if one were likely to attend; but as the choice of
where one could attend was restricted the results would be
like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Err - no - we had a shortlist of areas in which we know we could afford
to run a conference based on the data that we have (i.e. get en
On 09/09/2015 11:30 AM, Mark Waddingham wrote:
I do think, even if only as a sop to those of us (like myself) who get
fed up how RunRev, for all their ballyhoo about China and so forth,
do seem to give the impression that they don't really seem to think
outside a North Atlantic box, the survey wo
A conference requires a lot of work, planning, and inevitably tons
of problem solving. Trust me.
Flights are one expense but lodging can be far far greater. Negotiating
with a hotel is usually a good idea.
European Perspective - it would currently cost me £50 to take Ryanair from
Malta to Edinbur
Well said Mark!
Graham
> On 9 Sep 2015, at 10:30, Mark Waddingham wrote:
>
>> I do think, even if only as a sop to those of us (like myself) who get
>> fed up how RunRev, for all their ballyhoo about China and so forth,
>> do seem to give the impression that they don't really seem to think
>>
I do think, even if only as a sop to those of us (like myself) who get
fed up how RunRev, for all their ballyhoo about China and so forth,
do seem to give the impression that they don't really seem to think
outside a North Atlantic box, the survey would have looked a bit
more friendly if it had le
On 2015-09-08 21:53, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Richmond wrote:
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8404b344b09103bf489dd8a9a&id=cbaad904da&e=30cf6c38b4
Thanks. The form won't accept input in Chrome, and since I didn't
receive an invitation to participate in the survey I'll wait until
it's ready a
On 09/09/2015 12:14 AM, Monte Goulding wrote:
On 9 Sep 2015, at 6:03 am, Richmond wrote:
If Edinburgh every other year constitutes "somewhere in Europe" I suppose you
are right. However, at the risk of being accused
or being a bit arch about Geography, there are other big towns in Europe; a lo
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Richmond
wrote:
[access to Las Vegas]
> "from all parts of North America" . . . I wonder about all the users in
> China, South and Central America, Europe and Africa
>
Oh, yes. Except maybe Africa.
Nonstop to most of asia, Europe. Probably even more Asia than
> On 9 Sep 2015, at 04:01, Richmond wrote:
>
> To make my point I suggested the idea of a "where people stay" survey.
>
> Richmond.
As the conference is unlikely to be conducted in any language other then
English, the statistics of visitors to 1001 Things To Do With LiveCode could
provide on
> On 9 Sep 2015, at 6:03 am, Richmond wrote:
>
> If Edinburgh every other year constitutes "somewhere in Europe" I suppose you
> are right. However, at the risk of being accused
> or being a bit arch about Geography, there are other big towns in Europe; a
> lot of which are considerably more c
> in the Forum gives one an impression that a very large
> proportion of LiveCode users are NOT native speakers of
> English - so I wonder where they actually do live?
As Trevor said, they know where their user base is. What do they do not know
necessarily is of that user base, what percentage w
Richmond wrote:
> but I do think that their survey is slanted and sends out a
> signal to those who don't live in Britain or the USA that is
> not particularly "cuddly".
In any global community any single location will make a good many people
feel "uncuddly".
As the community grows we may expe
I’ve always wanted to visit Antarctica, but I wasn’t invited to the survey.
Maybe that’s why.
> On Sep 8, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Richmond wrote:
>
> survey would have looked a bit more friendly if it had left a chance open for
> participants to suggest other cities in other states/countries than th
On 09/08/2015 10:53 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Richmond wrote:
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8404b344b09103bf489dd8a9a&id=cbaad904da&e=30cf6c38b4
Thanks. The form won't accept input in Chrome, and since I didn't
receive an invitation to participate in the survey I'll wait until
it's r
On 09/08/2015 10:26 PM, PystCat wrote:
You DO realize that they hold it in the states every OTHER year, right...? One
year somewhere in the states and the next somewhere in Europe.
If Edinburgh every other year constitutes "somewhere in Europe" I
suppose you are right. However, at the risk o
On 09/08/2015 10:06 PM, Trevor DeVore wrote:
On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Richmond
Instead of a silly, slanted survey about where to hold a conference, let's
have a less-silly survey to see where LiveCode's installed
base live . . ..
What makes you think that the company doesn't have info on
Richmond wrote:
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8404b344b09103bf489dd8a9a&id=cbaad904da&e=30cf6c38b4
Thanks. The form won't accept input in Chrome, and since I didn't
receive an invitation to participate in the survey I'll wait until it's
ready and I get an invitation.
--
Richard Gask
Has that been true recently? I’ve been to four conferences now, San Jose, near
Atlantic City, San Diego, and Edinburgh. Seems mostly US.
> On Sep 8, 2015, at 3:26 PM, PystCat wrote:
>
> You DO realize that they hold it in the states every OTHER year, right...?
> One year somewhere in the sta
Cheap accommodation and travel is key I believe. And I hope they call a
halt to the two-tier hotel tradition. I think everyone will be happier in
one reasonably priced hotel. Those who really want to can book alternative
accommodation.
Las Vegas is good choice for reasons given. But I was very pee
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Trevor DeVore
wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Richmond
> >
> > Instead of a silly, slanted survey about where to hold a conference,
> let's
> > have a less-silly survey to see where LiveCode's installed
> > base live . . ..
> >
>
> What makes you think that
You DO realize that they hold it in the states every OTHER year, right...? One
year somewhere in the states and the next somewhere in Europe.
> On Sep 8, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Richmond wrote:
>
> On 09/08/2015 09:27 PM, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
"I am not likely to attend any of the above locat
On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Richmond
>
> Instead of a silly, slanted survey about where to hold a conference, let's
> have a less-silly survey to see where LiveCode's installed
> base live . . ..
>
What makes you think that the company doesn't have info on where those
people live?
What seems s
On 09/08/2015 09:27 PM, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
"I am not likely to attend any of the above locations, and
I think a Central European location (e.g. Munich) might give
the impression that RunRev actually cared about developers
outside Britain and the US."
That was exact the same i was thinking wh
> > "I am not likely to attend any of the above locations, and
> I think a Central European location (e.g. Munich) might give
> the impression that RunRev actually cared about developers
> outside Britain and the US."
>
> That was exact the same i was thinking when i saw the the locations.
Th
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On 8 September 2015 at 18:35, John Dixon wrote:
> it was mentioned by livecode on this list...
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> > From: ka...@rivervalleytechnologies.com
> > Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 18:31:32 +0100
> > Subj
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Subject: Re: Silly conference survey
Where was this survey?
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> Where was this survey?
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> Am 08.09.2015 um 19:02 schrieb Richmond :
> 2. Which is the least likely place you would attend?
>
> followed by an extremely limited set of choices . . . so I replied in the box:
>
> "I am not likely to attend any of the above locations, and I think a Central
> European location (e.g. Muni
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