Trade shows are in a general decline:

Big companies are looking at the millions of dollars they spend for booths (not to mention bringing employees to) and are realizing that it’s just not getting the return on investment that they should get.

While we hardly spend millions ate StS, we spend a fair amount given the size of our business - and there are simpler and less expensive ways of reaching the Smalltalk community. As I mentioned yesterday, we'll be doing a roadshow this year - we've nailed down some North American and European sites already. We'll have details about that soon.

We're also pushing out new video and audio all the time - if you want to keep up with Smalltalk, then you can do the following, right from your browser:

• Go to the iTunes store, search for Smalltalk, and check the results in the podcast section. You'll find two video streams and one audio.
• Here's "Industry Misinterpretations"
• Here's "Smalltalk Daily"
• Here's "Smalltalk on the Tubes"

Now Listening to: Tourniquet by Evanescence from: Fallen [Bonus Track]

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