<rant>
Over the years, Ive attended many, many conferences some awful, some forgettable, and a few outstanding.
Im getting impatient.
Im impatient with thinly-veiled sales pitches from sponsoring companies during sessions. If youre going to have sponsoring companies, set aside a specific time in the event when they can present their solutions openly to the audience.
Im impatient with speakers who think their role is to walk through a series of slides and do a verbal data dump. If you c....

