My Experience at cf.Objective() 2009: Day 1

I arrived just in time for Blue River's presentation on Mura CMS - an open source ColdFusion CMS (formerly known as Sava) at the Twin Cities ColdFusion User Group meeting. There was a little time in the beginning to enjoy some pizza and soda while catching up with some old friends and meeting many others for the first time. The Mura presentation definitely piqued my interest and I will have to set aside some time to learn more about it after the conference. Did I mention Mura CMS is 100% free and 100% open source? If you've ever desired a CMS that can accommodate your custom design, then you might want to give Mura a good look.

Immediately following the CFUG meeting, I moved on over the the opening night reception (also sponsored by Blue River/Mura CMS). It was great to finally meet so many people I've been in contact with via twitter, blogs, email, phone, etc. It's funny, but it seems like half the crowd is a who's who among ColdFusion bloggers: Ben Nadel, Sean Corfield, Marc Esher, Dan Vega, Phil Nacelli, Dan Wilson, Adam Haskell, Jason Dean, Peter Bell, Mark Drew, Terry Ryan and several others. In addition to the bloggers, I've also met many other interesting ColdFusion developers. It's so cool to hear how other people are using ColdFusion and about the projects they're working on.

I'm looking forward to meeting many more people over the next few days here at cf.Objective() 2009 and hope to be able to blog about some of sessions I'll be attending. Stay tuned!