In case you haven’t heard, PhoneGap Day EU 2017 in Amsterdam will be running May 18 and 19, and there’s going to be lots of great content and workshops. Thanks to the PhoneGap team, I’ll be presenting again this year, and will also be part of a workshop on plugins. I hope to see you all there! Oh, you want a sneak peek? Well, OK then: “Modern JavaScript and PhoneGap” Presentation description…

When I was initially approached to present at PhoneGap Day EU 2016, May 19 seemed so far away, but here it is already less than a week away. There has been a flurry of activity to get ready: packing, getting travel documents in order, picking up travel necessities, and of course, futzing with getting the presentation slides absolutely perfect!

According to the website, tickets to the conference…

I woke up this morning, super excited about attending PhoneGap Day in downtown Portland. I arrived to find the conference had moved forward three hours. Wait…what?

I drove into town to find a large number of people scratching their heads wondering why there was no conference. Sure, the conference is free and they’re even providing beer. But all the same it would have been helpful to know about a critical time change. Like, maybe an email with a subject line that reads “Important: Event Time Change.”

They sent out an email about the conference less than a week ago which made no mention of a time change, and even listed the original time therein. No email since.

I love the PhoneGap team, but this seems like a very irresponsible move. There were a number of very angry people there, one guy who even traveled four hours from Eastern Oregon.