My Top 11 CFUnited Announcement Possibilities

January 28, 2008 2:11 PM
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The CFUnited Blog is teasing us about a big announcement coming this Wednesday.  I got to thinking about what it could be and here is my top 11 list in no particular order.  Feel free to comment below with your own.

  • This years backpack will have not 1, not 2, but 4 more pockets and zippers.
  • Conference sessions will start at 5am and end at 8pm to accommodate growing interest of the speakers.
  • Due to popular demand sessions will start at 10am to give those with a hangover a fighting chance to attend.
  • Ray Camden will unveil 19 new open source projects during keynote.  Rumors start to fly about Ray Camden discovering and using a workable human cloning technique.
  • The new location for CFunited is announced - since Bush will be on vacation we will all be staying in the White House as long as we promise not to mess with their computers.
  • The wildly anticipated CFUnited musical starring Tommy Lee Jones will perform a sneak peak at the keynote.
  • Disney signs up as a sponsor and is flying us all to Disney World for the big evening party.
  • Through Adobes connect platform anyone can now attend any session online and live.  The bar webcam becomes the most popular room.  25% of paid attendees stay in hotel room and use Connect to watch the sessions.
  • CFUnited adopts a social networking style conference whereby we all show our popularity on our shirts by having our 'friends' sign them.  Users are able to share photos, emails, and code with their friends.  'Hackers' break the system within minutes and are able to talk to 'non-friends' easily.
  • Ben Forta will shave his beard live on stage for charity.
  • Google has partnered to try out a new beta advertising platform.  Each attendees conference pass will also show contextual advertisements based on voice recognition software.  Attendees will get a cut of any sale by a users swiping their credit cart through the slot on the side of the badge.


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Hey Joshua,

Your blog entry has Liz and I seriously LOL'ing in our office!

don't be surprised if some of your ideas actually get used :)
# Posted By Nafisa Sabu | 1/28/08 2:36 PM
If even one of those things happen then it's definitely worth the price of admission ;)
# Posted By todd sharp | 1/28/08 2:59 PM
Hah, this is priceless.
# Posted By Elliott Sprehn | 1/28/08 3:32 PM
This is great! Thanks for the good laugh :)
# Posted By Jeff Coughlin | 1/28/08 5:29 PM
Hmmm, sounds to me like you have a mole to be getting all of this information in advance of the rest of us. If you want another source, email me offline. It isn't confirmed yet, but I think the keynote might be something very special. An old friend in Nashville told me he's heard that Elvis may be headlining . . .

:->
# Posted By Peter Bell | 1/28/08 5:58 PM
re: social networking T-shirt: When they're exiting a certain randomly-picked session, someone hiding in the shadows runs up and duck-tapes a totally different app to the shirt, Facebook-style. Or, a quick-printed photo at the open bar event.
# Posted By David Lakein | 1/28/08 7:06 PM
I'm pretty sure I heard that it was conferences will be 'pants optional' from now on.
# Posted By Agatha Christ-Almighty | 1/29/08 10:32 AM
Dang - that's embarrassing. I thought they were ALREADY pants optional. Wondered why I got so many funny looks at CF United last year . . .
# Posted By Peter Bell | 1/29/08 11:56 AM
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