Hear that sound? Tick, tick, tick, tick… That’s the countdown clock at Geek Gatherings getting closer to the Super-saver deadline for Southwest Fox and Xbase++! July 1 is only a few days away and we thought we would pass along a reminder just in case you forgot to type it Read more…
Just a reminder about the Southwest Fox Solstice Special. Register before this Thursday, June 21 and you’ll be eligible to win your choice of an iPad 2 with 16GB of memory ($399 value), a Kindle Fire ($199 value) or a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 ($399 value), plus you’ll get all Read more…
Solstice Special – beat the rush to registration Geek Gatherings is adding an incentive to get you to register early. In addition to all the perks you get when registering before July 1st (a $125 discount, a free pre-conference or post conference session, and a chance for a $150 scholarship Read more…
Lianja Inc. is offering a FREE COPY of Lianja App Builder Standard Edition, valued at $395, for all attendees of Southwest Fox. Build data-centric Apps on Windows, Mac or Linux using your Visual FoxPro, Python, PHP or JavaScript expertise and then deploy on the Desktop, Web and Mobile.
Geek Gatherings is pleased to announce that the 2012 Ceil Silver Ambassador is Jun Tangunan. Jun is a well-known member of the Foxite VFP community site and has a great blog at http://sandstorm36.blogspot.com. The Ceil Silver Ambassador Fund raises money from the VFP community to bring a developer to the Read more…
As those who attended Southwest Fox 2011 (and those who read Doug Hennig’s blog last November) know, registrations for last year’s conference were very slow, to the point that we were looking at a five-figure loss and expected it to be the last full-blown Southwest Fox. Fortunately, we got enough Read more…
Registration is now open for both Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++. In addition, speakers and sessions for Southwest Xbase++ are now available. Remember, if you register for one conference, you’re free to attend sessions in the other conference as well: it’s BOGO (buy one, get one free). There are some Read more…
We officially announced the speakers and sessions for Southwest Fox 2012 today. All the details can be found on the Speakers page. We’re glad to welcome back a couple of speakers who haven’t been to Southwest Fox in a long time: Rod Paddock and Kevin McNeish. And of course Cathy Read more…
Just a reminder that session proposals for Southwest Fox 2012 are due by 8 AM EDT this Friday, March 23. If you’re interested in speaking, please download the Call for Speakers and the proposal application from http://www.swfox.net/CallForSpeakers.aspx. We look forward to hearing from you.
When we sent out the “save the date” notice for Southwest Fox 2012 last week, we asked people to tell us about topics they’d like to see included. As we receive them, we’re planning to put them in this blog, so prospective speakers can see them. So far, we’ve received Read more…