We have some news to share about our speaker line up for Southwest Fox 2010. We are disappointed that Craig Boyd will be unable to present at Southwest Fox 2010; we look forward to his return in the future. We are delighted that Jody Meyer has agreed to step in. She’ll present two topics: “Web Development using CSS – 101” and “It’s Easy & It’s Green: PDF Output.” Jody did a terrific job as a Read more…
There is still time to get in on Early Bird Registration for Southwest Fox 2010! Register before September 1st and the Early Bird discount saves you $50 over regular conference registration. Southwest Fox is an incredible value. This year’s conference, to be held October 14-17, includes 15 speakers, 26 different sessions in the main conference, and 4 pre-conference topics. Plus, if you’re a member of a registered VFP user group, when you attend Southwest Fox, Read more…
Kevin Ragsdale blogged about two good reasons to attend Southwest Fox this year. His reasons were the previews Bo Durban and Steve Ellenoff give for their Southwest Fox sessions. I especially liked these comments: “During Bo’s session, my mind was spinning with new ways of approaching the web browser control in my apps. I couldn’t wait to get home so I could start working on them. Some of them I’ve already tried, and the speed Read more…
We have a big change for Southwest Fox we need to share with you. For the last three years, we have held Southwest Fox at the Arizona Golf Resort and Conference Center. Until recently we expected this would be true for Southwest Fox 2010 as well. Due to a change in the ownership of the Arizona Golf Resort, we have made the difficult decision to relocate. We are happy to announce Southwest Fox 2010 is Read more…
Southwest Fox 2010 SuperSaver deadline approaches Your opportunity to save big on registration for Southwest Fox ends soon. Super-saver registration offers $125 off the price of the conference, and gives you one free half-day pre-conference session, for total savings of $224. In addition, you’ll be eligible for drawings of three $150 scholarships, a copy of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN ( a $11,899 value), a license of Stonefield Query SDK (a $6,000 value), and Read more…
Since we started running Southwest Fox, White Light Computing, Rick Schummer’s company, has offered one or more scholarships, to reduce costs for a few Southwest Fox attendees. This year, my company, Tomorrow’s Solutions, is offering a new scholarship. I have a theory that going to the first conference is the hardest, so this scholarship is open only to those who haven’t attended Southwest Fox in the years that Rick, Doug and I have run it Read more…
As we’ve done in the past, we’re giving user groups a chance to benefit from Southwest Fox and hoping that, in return, they’ll encourage their members to attend. The deal is the same as in the past. Your group must register with us by July 1. Then, after the conference, you send us a list of your members who were paid attendees, and we’ll send you $25 for each one. Your group can use that Read more…
The organizers know the biggest draw to get you to come to Southwest Fox is the sessions and the speakers who share their vast knowledge with you during your stay in Mesa. We have an extraordinary line up with some of the best minds in the Visual FoxPro Community lined up to cover some topical and interesting material. Our speakers include a mix of people who have presented at one of the six Southwest Fox Read more…
Our blog entries have been processed through Blogger and FTP’ed to the Southwest Fox Web server since we started the blog back in November of 2007. Blogger announced they no longer are supporting the FTP posters so we moved our blog to a new engine. Today this was accomplished! We are now using WordPress as the blogging engine and the initial impressions are positive. So please be patient as we go clean up the links Read more…
Out the window of my office, I see snow adding a new layer over the remains of the back-to-back blizzards that hit the Middle Atlantic states earlier this month, but at Geek Gatherings, we’re already focused on next fall. Today, we’re posting the Call for Speakers for Southwest Fox 2010, along with the updated proposal submission application. Last year, we set a new record for the number of speaker and session proposals we received . Read more…