Acts as Conference 2009 is over, and from feedback thus far, a great success. I had a great time this weekend, met a lot of awesome new people, heard some great speakers, and learned a lot. My list of people to thank is long, so here it goes.
I’d first like to thank my co-chair Jason Cartwright (Cogwise Software). Pulling off a conference is too much for one person, and Jason’s help was invaluable. On that same vein, I’d like to thank our volunteers, Abby Quinones and Adam Dalton. Their help allowed Jason and I to view this year’s sessions.
Next I’d like to thank all of our sponsors. In these tough economic times, these folks stepped up and helped us put on a great conference. Without them it just wouldn’t have happened. Our platinum sponsors were Engine Yard, New Relic, and AT&T Interactive. I have to give super props to Engine Yard. They sponsor so many Ruby and Rails events, and are truly an integral part of our community. Our gold sponsors included Cloudspace and BrowserMedia. Our silver sponsors included RailsKits, Morph Labs, Apress, and Manning Publications. Our media sponsor was Mashable.
Without great speakers no one would come. Great thanks goes out to David Heinemeier Hansson, Nathaniel Talbott, Dan Benjamin, Gregg Pollack, Jason Seifer, Jim Weirich, Jon Larkowski, Guy Naor, Yehuda Katz, Steve Bristol, Patrick Peak, Paul Barry, Bryan Liles, Tim Rosenblatt, and Will Leinweber. Thanks guys for your great talks.
Big thanks to Confreaks for coming out, recording the conference, and providing Internet. Look for the videos to pop up online in the coming weeks. Thanks to the Ramada for being at our beck and call when required, and thanks to the AVI crew for helping with the a/v setup.
Last but not least I would like to thank all of our attendees for coming. It was great getting to meet new people. I hope at the very least that you all got one thing out of the conference. Remember the challenge I gave you all. I expect to see some cool hotness coming out within the next 6 months. Don’t worry about being perfect. Get something (working) out there and let your users drive it.
We’ll see you all next year. Until then, check out Twitter and Flickr for #AAC2009 goodness.
What We’re Hearing
I would like to thank you for organizing acts_as_conference. And for letting me speak at it. It was well organized and the content was great. I’m amazed of the quality and organization, especially comparing it to big conferences with all companies/teams behind them. Expect to see me next year again! – Guy Naor
#aac2009 really ups the bar for conferences; these two days have had informative, entertaining, inspiring and just generally AWESOME talks! – Corey Haines
I’m hoping #RailsConf2009 can hold up to the general praise #AAC2009 has received. – Bob Martens
TED is entitled manchildren, #aac2009 is where GOOD PEOPLE get together to talk about DOING GOOD WORK. – BonzoESC
I think we have our work cut out for us next year 
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