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Nope. In all honesty, it was one of the worst-targeted talks that I've ever given. I had given a similar talk at OSCON (highly technical crowd, audience) and was asked to give it again at Web 2.0 Expo. If you're not familiar with that conference it's highly not technical - lots of social media experts and managers. I was given a room that could've housed 300+ and there was maybe 20-30 attending - and that number rapidly decreased as I worked to explain the complicated aspects of JavaScript. In the audience were people who had, obviously, never coded JavaScript before (based upon the questions they were asking - this talk is not designed for that). By the end there was maybe a dozen people left and they came up and told me how much they enjoyed my talk and how informative it was - so at least it wasn't for naught. I know that the content is good and that I'm able to deliver it effectively but I won't be giving it again until I know that I'll have an audience that appreciates the content.


I was at this talk, and loved it, but you are definitely right about the audience of the conference. I was disappointed as I was hoping it would be a highly technical conference, but instead of it was filled with social media "experts" as you said and lots of buzzwords and hype.


Oh those social media experts. What would we do without them?




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