My 360|Flex Proposal was Rejected… yet I am Thrilled!

Like a lot of Flex developers out there, I went through the trouble to author and submit a session proposal for what is probably the premiere Flex conference on the planet: 360|Flex. Earlier today, I learned that my session proposal was rejected. While I would have been quite happy had my proposal been accepted, I am actually thrilled with the fact that it was not. You may, at this point, be asking yourself: “Why?” Why would I be happy about being REJECTED from such a prestigious conference???

This is why:

1. Have you seen some of these topics??? Let’s eat!
   What a well-rounded and interesting bunch of topics! Think on this: these are only the topics I’ve heard about in passing. The full schedule is going to be AMAZING.

   Jun Heider – “Developing ActionScript based applications for the iPad”
   Antonio Holguin – “Your App is a Theme Park”
   Dee Sadler – “Logical Design for Developers – Design isn’t a four letter word”
   RJ Owen – “Five Reasons to Learn Flex despite HTML5 and Apple”
   Kevin Suttle – “Post-modern Web Design”
   Michelle Yaiser – “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…”
   Dan Florio – “Introduction to Away3D”
   Brent Arnold – “AIR for Android: It’s easier than you think”
   Kevin Schmidt – “Real Time Gaming Data Services with BlazeDS and LCDS”
   Jeffry Houser – “Building Components from MX to Mobile”

2. I will be able to focus on my book instead of prepping session materials.
   I’m actually almost half way completed with my draft chapters – well ahead of schedule. A little extra time never hurt anything! Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll write a little about my writing process and some things I’ve learned.

3. I will have time to organize Emergent Collective Two. Let’s rock!
   Yeah, I announced EC2 at the FITC Unconference at Adobe MAX last year… but haven’t done anything about it yet. I’ll be taking a different approach to gathering submissions this time; what that means, exactly, is up in the air. Now I have time to really think about this.

4. I will be able to RELAX!
   What? Go to a conference and actually sit back, taking in all the great gobs of information… chatting it up with other attendees… and not having to worry about presenting, myself? Sounds pretty good to me.

Lastly, as I tweeted earlier:

Seriously.

Really looking forward to attending 360|Flex this April, in my home city of Denver. Hope many of you will join me!