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 two suggestions, one rather broad, one very detailed: 1) One attendee says “I need to learn more about using SQL server.” 2) Another says “I Read more…
Save the dates for Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ 2012! The conferences take place October 18-21, 2012. This year we have two conferences as one great event at the same location. Southwest Fox has always served Visual FoxPro developers an opportunity to learn and extend their skills, and network with fellow developers. Alaska Software is working on PolarFox, a product that keeps the Visual FoxPro language alive in their next generation tool. You get two Read more…
Today we released the Call for Speakers for Southwest Fox 2012. Anyone interested in presenting should visit http://www.swfox.net/callforspeakers.aspx, read the complete Call for Speakers document (linked from that page), and download the proposal submission application. Session proposals are due by March 23. As in the past few years, we plan to offer a good selection of topics in core VFP development, extending VFP, using VFP with other technologies, and VFPX, as well as technology sessions Read more…
Southwest Fox 2011 was a great success. Now we’re trying to figure out what form next year’s event will take. You can help us by answering a few questions about your preferences. Please take the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VCCKNDG, so we can include your input.
In case you are unaware, there are a lot of FoxPro user groups and regional conferences hosting Southwest Fox Rehearsals, you might want to check out a relatively new page on the Southwest Fox Web site: Session Rehearsals Rehearsals are important for a couple of reasons: Speakers refine and enhance their sessions based on feedback. Frees up slots of sessions already seen so you can see other sessions during the conference. Learn in advance of Read more…
We’ve posted the session schedule for Southwest Fox 2011. Expect the Kokopelli application to help you plan your personal schedule soon; Dave Aring is working on this year’s version.
We are thrilled to announce that Steven Black is speaking at Southwest Fox this year. Steve Black is one of the truly outstanding speakers in our community. His sessions are lively, thought-provoking, and entertaining, a killer combination. Steve hasn’t been to SWFox since 2005 due to other commitments, so he’s been sorely missed. Steve’s sessions are Looking Back: Techniques I’m Glad We Used and Niche Marketing for VFP Developers, Revisited. Both are going to be Read more…
Anyone who is registered for Southwest Fox 2011 before midnight EDT on September 15th (including those who are already registered) is eligible for one of two drawings for a Visual Extend license (which sells for $1070) and a Stonefield Query SDK license (which sells for $6000). Thanks to Visual Extend and Stonefield Query for their ongoing support of Southwest Fox!
There are two different kinds of scholarships available to offset the costs of Southwest Fox. White Light Computing (Rick’s company) offers two $150 scholarships to early registrants. Tomorrow’s Solutions, LLC (my company) offers one $150 scholarship to early registrants who have never previously attended Southwest Fox. The White Light Computing Scholarship winners for this year are two long-time Southwest Fox attendees: Joel Leach from Memorial Business Systems and Stacey Violett of Black Mountain Software. The Read more…
Anyone who is registered for Southwest Fox 2011 before midnight EDT on September 1st (including those who are already registered) is eligible for one of three drawings for a DBi Technologies Studio Controls for COM license (which sells for $749). Thanks to DBi for their ongoing support of Southwest Fox! In addition, we’re trying to get a better handle both on how many people to expect and the factors in people’s decision to attend or Read more…