No MAX for me this year

For the first time since 1999 I've decided not to attend the big annual conference (I've been to every MAX and Allaire/Macromedia DevCon to date). This is partially because I feel as though there is little resemblance to DevCon left, partially because I feel as though the number of sessions being offered that would be useful to me doesn't justify the cost or time out of office, and because I'm just too busy. If I had attended it would have primarily been for the business development opportunities.

I am sending an employee and have no doubt he'll get a lot from the conference. A lot of old friends emailed to ask me if I am going so I thought I'd just let everyone know.