No CFUnited 2009 for Us

How can I say this without shedding some tears? It turns out Aaron Wolfe and I won't be speaking at CFUnited this year. Let's just say it's due to issues out of our control. We'd like to apologize to everyone who was looking forward to our session on error handling best practices. We know a lot of people were really looking forward to it. It breaks our hearts to not be able to go this year after all the preparation and planning.

This will be the first time in five years I personally won't be attending a major ColdFusion conference, and it's very, very disappointing. Aaron and I have been preparing for this talk for almost a year, and to drop out at practically the last minute, well, sucks.

On the bright side, for those of you fortunate enough to be able to attend the conference this year, there are some absolutely fantastic sessions at CFUnited '09. Check them all out here. I highly recommend anything by Ben Nadel--he is a major contributor to the community and one heck of a nice guy, so be sure to introduce yourself to him. I also recommend any sessions by Hal Helms, Ray Camden, Dee Sadler, Adam Lehman, and Elliott Sprehn, to name just a few.

I'm hoping we have another shot at speaking next year--right now we'll just have to wait and see.