More reasons to come to Southwest Fox/Southwest Xbase++ 2012

We have more reasons for you to attend Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ 2012: This year’s keynote address will be given by Jennifer Marsman of Microsoft Corporation. She’ll talk about “Industry Trends in Windows 8”. See http://www.swfox.net/sessionsswfox.aspx#Industry_Trends_in_Windows_8 for a description of this session. All Southwest Fox attendees receive a free PDF version of the latest VFP book, “VFPX: Open Source Treasure for the VFP Developer,” by Rick Schummer, Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Jim Nelson, Read more…

Last change for early-bird savings

Your chance to save $50 on Southwest Fox or Southwest Xbase++ 2012 ends this Friday, August 31st. Remember that every registered attendee gets admission to all regular conference sessions, whether part of Southwest Fox or Southwest Xbase++, and white papers for all Southwest Fox sessions. VFP sessions Xbase++ sessions Registration information

SuperSaver deadline extended to July 9

Great news! We’ve extended the deadline for SuperSaver registration for Southwest Fox and Southwest XBase++ 2012. Register by July 9 and save $125 on your registration fee, plus get one free pre-conference or post-conference session. Don’t miss the chance to learn from the best and meet your colleagues face-to-face.

SuperSaver deadline approaching fast

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 into your task list, or stick it on your monitor on a yellow sticky note. The conferences take place October 18-21, 2012 in Gilbert, Arizona Read more…

Solstice Special ends tomorrow!

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 the benefits of a Super-Saver registration, including a $125 registration discount and a free pre-conference or post-conference session. Full details at http://www.swfox.net/register.aspx.

Solstice special

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 or StonefieldQuery SDK), one person who registers before June 21st wins a tablet! The winner will select one of the following: iPad 2 with 16GB Read more…

Jun Tangunan named 2012 Ceil Silver Ambassador

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 Southwest Fox conference as an ambassador for the developers in his or her country. This gives the recipient the opportunity to meet and share experiences Read more…

Register sooner rather than later … please

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 later registrations to save the day. For this year, we convinced the hotel to let us postpone our final commitment to July 2 (not coincidentally, Read more…

Registration is open!

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 sessions specifically intended for VFP developers, including Project PolarFox: State of the Union and Xbase++ 2.0 from a VFP Developer’s Perspective. Registration information: http://www.swfox.net/register.aspx Online Read more…