*Hello my fellow Cassandra people!I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but DataStax is hosting a conference this year, DataStax Accelerate. I’m in charge of the speaker part of the conference, so I’m here to ask for some help. I want a ton of awesome Cassandra content! The best part of our community is when we share our challenges and successes with other users. Last year we ran a lot of developer events and the #1 topic request from attendees was use cases. There is a ton of new Cassandra users out there and they want to learn from what you have done. Yes. I’m talking to you. Here’s the big ask part. The deadline for talk submissions is February 15. That’s 10 days away! Time to think of that awesome topic and get it in. Do it now! -> http://bit.ly/DataStaxAccelerate-CallForPapers <http://bit.ly/DataStaxAccelerate-CallForPapers>But you may have questions:Q: My use case is boring, why would anyone want to see it?A: I can guarantee you faced some unique challenges and solved them in a unique way. Talk sessions are 40 minutes and that forces you to stick to a few talking points. Q: This is a DataStax conference so you are only looking for DataStax customers, right?A: Nope! I’m looking for Cassandra use cases no matter how you roll it out. Except no Cassandra 1.x use cases. Sorry Carlos Rolo. I have to draw a line! Q: I have a cool use case but what if I can’t get approval to talk by February 15? A: No worries! Just submit your talk with a note in the abstract that it should be held pending approvals. I’ll follow-up with you after the deadline and hold it until you get final approval. I MAY have a few of those already in the queue. ;) Q: My talk idea could be cool, can I get some help pulling it together? A: I’m here to help. If you want to talk out your idea, feel free to email me or hit me on a Twitter DM, @PatrickMcFadin If you still don’t want to submit a talk after all that, no problem. We would love to see you in the halls. There will a lot of new and familiar faces from the Cassandra Community. A great time to network and pick up some great ideas. The technical keynote alone will be worth the trip with back-to-back talks from Jonathan Ellis and Nate McCall. Where: Gaylord Convention Center just outside of Washington D.C.When: May 21-23, 2019Register and take 20% off on me! McFadin20 -> http://bit.ly/DataStaxAccelerate <http://bit.ly/DataStaxAccelerate>And finally, if you are new to Cassandra and you want to get some fast experience building apps, we are hosting a Apache Cassandra Application Bootcamp the day before the conference. I’ll be there teaching along with a bunch of other Developer Relations folks from DataStax. We would love to have you join us -> http://bit.ly/DataStaxAccelerate-Bootcamp <http://bit.ly/DataStaxAccelerate-Bootcamp>Thanks everyone. I hope to see you at Accelerate in May.Patrick*
