Here’s an event that made me look: DelveUI: A 2-Day Masterclass on Designing (Web) User Interfaces. Think of Delve as the antidote to the bloated conference experience. Basically small, affordable & frequent vs. overwhelming, occasional & costly. Each DELVE consists of a series of masterclasses conducted by expert practitioners, authors and thinkers of the biggest topics facing those of us who design and develop for digital, interactive spaces. Fantastic!
(thank you rob)
I love to go, but it costs $595.00. Who can afford to go? I know, it’s definitely not for unemployed artists.
Jul 17th, 2009 / 2:20 am
Why is it that “affordable” gets applied to everything these days?
And, when I read something described as “affordable” I can almost guarantee that it won’t actually be something I can afford.
$600 for a 2-day course is not affordable. It might a good value (depending on the quality of education), but it is certainly not affordable for the average person.
This is especially absurd since the $600 price tag is as (or more) expensive than many full conferences. So, it looks like their entire proposed mission is a misfire.
If they dropped a zero & made it $60 — now THAT would be affordable.
Jul 22nd, 2009 / 11:11 am