For less than the price of a 360|Flex 2010 ticket, I can hit 3 days worth of events, cover transportation, and accommodations in both Boston and NYC. Early 2009 was an ugly time for the economy. The low-price barrier of the events recognizes this. It’s been a long time since I’ve gone to an RIA event/conference. I am on a super tight budget since I learned weddings and homes are expensive.

I’m pretty stoked about learning what other developers are doing with the technology, meeting people, and exchanging ideas. Ask me anything about Salesforce and Flex and I’ll try to answer as best I can. I’ve been working with a team the last 2 years with integrating the two.

November 13 - “RIA Unleashed : Boston” is a 1 day 3 track event covering Flex, AIR, ColdFusion and related technologies and disciplines. Our three tracks are designed to allow you to focus on the technologies you are interested in. You’ll be able to pick and choose a variety of topics from top notch speakers.

http://riaunleashed.com/page.cfm/topics

November 16 &17 - “Flex Camp Wall Street” is a unique event that will provide practical tips, techniques and actionable advise for adoption of Flex and AIR based RIA within banks, brokerages, fund management companies, insurance firms and other financial services institutions.

http://www.flexcampwallstreet.com/sessions.html

The Budget
$30 RIA Unleashed Boston
$49 Flex Camp Wall Street NYC

$43 x 2 nights @ Priceline 3-star hotel in Waltham, MA
$51 x 3 nights @ Clean private room in Central Park, Manhattan
$100 x Roundtrip MegaBus TOR/NYC
$30 x Roundtrip MegaBus NYC/BOS