Nope, not this year

In response to multiple emails and blog searches, the answer is no. I'm not attending this year's Trivantis Lectora Conference in Las Vegas. Why? Oh so many reasons that have very little to do with the conference itself. Seriously. Personal stuff and all.

Should you go? Well, it depends on what you want to get out of the conference. I like the folks at Trivantis a lot and I think their software rocks. However, from my perspective as an instructional designer and Web 2.0 evangelist, I don't get a whole lot out of it as a repeat experience and you'll find that several of the speakers are the same as previous years. I often go just to see old friends. However, if you're a Lectora user on a regular basis, and especially if you haven't been to the user conference before, go. It'll be different from most conferences lately. If you haven't noticed, most larger conferences of late tend to focus on informal and collaborative learning using Web 2.0 technologies, which is sort of my soapbox as well. The Lectora conference is small and focuses on using Lectora. Period.

Just to let you know, I'm going to have a good friend who is attending guest-blog about the conference when he returns. So if you're curious and can't attend, we'll still have you covered here at Write Tech. No stone left unturned and the like.

Tags: lectora, lectora user conference, trivantis