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* Was it worth it? * Should we participate again? Here's an email example: <pre> From: Robert Nyman <robnyman@mozilla.com>Subject: [Debrief] Super VanJS, Vancouver, CanadaDate: January 18, 2012 3:48:50 PM GMT+01:00To: william@mozilla.com Debrief: Super VanJS, Vancouver, Canada Christian Heilmann and I spoke at the Super VanJS conference (http://supervanjs.eventbrite.com/) in Vancouver January 14th, right after our work week. -= Audience and size =- I was told there were close to 200 people who had signed up for the event, consisting of mostly local web developers. Overall, they seemed to have good work experience and interested in open source and building things for everyone. -= Our participation =- Among the five presentations, I and Christian gave one presentation each. I was first out talking about Mozilla's Web Apps initative, introducing them to what the project is about and how you can start building Web Apps. Christian then spoke about reclaiming HTML5 for building good things everyone can benefit from and also to show how easy it is to build powerful web sites with all the APIs we have at hand today. -= Audience reactions =- My goal was mainly to make people aware about Mozilla's Web Apps and get them interested in learning more, and from the feedback after, it seems like it went well. Second to that was going through technical possibilities, and I hope it made them realize how they can utilize their already existing skills to build Web Apps. Christian wanted to get developers more aware how we can use new technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 for every web site, and not just build shiny demos that go away/become useless after the first hype. From talking to people, they were very happy with his talk and walk-through of various tools web developers have. -= Evening event =- After the conference there was a organized meetup where the speakers and attendees could mingle, discuss more and exchange experiences. It was a down-to-earth context and a good way to talk more. -= Materials =- Slides from my presentation are available at http://www.slideshare.net/robnyman/mozilla-web-apps-supervanjs and the audio and content from Christian's presentation is available at http://christianheilmann.com/2012/01/15/reclaim-html5-at-super-vanjs-in-vancouver-canada/. All the talks were also filmed by our very own Jeff Griffiths (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertnyman/6720263725/in/set-72157628926080799), and we hope to be available to share the videos further on. -= Other presentations =- Rebecca Murphey - Spoke about Toura Mulberry (http://mulberry.toura.com/) and mobile developmentPreet Jassi - Gave a presentation on YUIJim Andrews - Delivered a different kind of presentation, arguing for how we can use HTML5 canvas to create art, through the help of Math -= Direct competition =- No competition, just a bunch of speakers talking about how we can create things with technology. :-) -= Organization =- To my knowledge, this was the first time this local meetup was arranged with that many attendees, and I think it all worked well. Everything was in place, and we just showed up and did what we are supposed to do. -= Overall feel =- Good interest from the audience in an exciting scene that has spurred PhoneGap and other interesting projects. -= Leads =- Getting in touch with local web developers, and establish/improve their relationship to Mozilla. -= Was it worth it? =- I think so. People were happy to see us and discuss and learn more. -= Should we go again? =- Yes. It's a local event with good outreach, and we both have local presence and close proximity to San Francisco/Mountain View. We also sponsored this event, and my feeling is that it's worth that investment. Best regards,Robert</pre>
