For all who were able to join us at the San Francisco TYPO3 conference, it was great to see you and we already miss you. For those who couldn’t attend, there are lots of materials posted from the sessions and more trickling in, so please have a look and share! Having a T3CON in San Francisco has been shared dream.
Having a T3CON in the San Francisco has been shared dream--as I learned in a chat with Kasper, TYPO3 had some of its beginnings here. In the late 90’s with the support of a local publishing expert Kasper came to San Francisco to attend a conference and share the beginnings of a new content management system.
The conference was a lot fun and it was also an opportunity for our team to charge our TYPO3 batteries. Being a San Francisco TYPO3 firm, we usually feel like we are watching the TYPO3 community from the other side of the world, but last week we were in the heart of it, and it was GREAT. The location worked out well and people seemed to enjoy the view. A few complained that the the food was too healthy but I think we made up for it with the Chinese food at the social event and beers and burritos at the after-party.
TYPO3 community - Not a private club
I always say TYPO3 is a model open-source citizen, and just walking around the conference it was easy to see why. The TYPO3 community is tied together by a common interest and respect for all things that effect a CMS framework, not just TYPO3. During the conference it struck me that although you may be surrounded by people who have known each other for years, there is always a warm welcome for new people.
Learning - it never stops
The quality of the presentations were very high, as is expected with any T3CON. We were very fortunate to have Jez Humble as a keynote speaker. His work with Continuous Delivery is changing the way companies approach software deployment. The US TYPO3 community is in its infancy, so it is a challenge to balance experienced developer with introductory material and Jez’s keynote really did that well. He is one of those individuals who can take complex ideas and present them in an entertaining manner that anyone can understand. The majority of the sessions were geared towards seasoned TYPO3 developers and integrators, and there was also an introductory track dedicated to decision-makers and people interested in getting started with TYPO3.
Advancing the US reach
In designing the sessions, we sought to reach people new to TYPO3, as well the the dyed-in-the-wool TYPO3 developer. One of our goals for the San Francisco conference was to raise awareness of TYPO3 here, and we did so by inviting like-minded people and projects to get involved with the conference. This included people like Jez Humble and groups Google, Varnish, Aloha editor, Solr, The Bay Area Discover Museum, and Tides. And it was a success, with conference attendance up by 35% and a full roster of TYPO3 neophytes on the introduction day, all of which points to TYPO3’s growth in the US market. It’s clear the setting was also a success, with several attendees offering to move to San Francisco and work as interns.
Let see if the next T3CON the San Francisco can be even bigger, and of course we can all hardly wait for T3CON12QB! Patrick Gaumond announced at the closing of the conference that the next North American Conference will be in Quebec.
Videos
All conference videos are available on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/channels/207300/<link http: vimeo.com channels _blank>vimeo.com/channels/207300/
By the numbers
Courtesy <link http: news.typo3.org news article san-francisco-days-t3con11sf>Sarah
Number of talks and sessions: 36
Number of attendants: 136
Number of countries represented: 12 (Austria, Columbia, Canada, Denmark, India, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States)
Number of states represented: 15 (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin)
Liters of coffee consumed: 91
Liters of beer consumed at the ID office during the conference week: 82