For about 5 seconds I was excited about The Ajax Experience Conference, not because it’s about Ajax but because it’s in Boston, until I saw the price to attend.

$1,250 If you pre-register before Sept 26.
$1,450 After that.

$1,250!! $1,450!!

For a conference!?

It’s not like this is TechED or the Hooters Waitress convention. It’s just Ajax.

This is obvisouly an attempt to extort just a bit more money before this over-hyped technology implodes.

What a rip-off: $1,450.

The even go as far as giving you a list of 10 reasons to attend.
Let’s see what it says.

* 10) Fantastic Venue - Beautiful Westin Boston Waterfront - as good as it gets!
~Fantastic Venue of the Boston Waterfront - ah last time I checked this was free.
* 9) Excellent giveaways - Chance to win iPOD Nanos, iPOD Videos & XBOX 360s
~for $1,450 I could buy an iPod and an Xbox 360
* The best swag including The Ajax Experience iPod Shuffle
~ok this is sounds good.
* 7) The hosts of The Ajax Experience are the same individuals behind Ajaxian.com - the most popular Ajax based informational website out there!
~no offense but these guys arn’t exactly a selling point
* 6) Full 90 minute technical presentations @ The Ajax Experience - no 30-45 minute sessions here
~Is this the one 90 minute session?
* 5) In one location, you will have the opportunity to interact and network with all of the individuals driving the Ajax phenomenon today!
~I’m still not sold.
* 4) Over fifty (50) technically focused sessions to choose from!
~OK but I haven’t seen the price go down yet.
* 3) Five (5) concurrent sessions offered!!
~What’s that? Oh the price is still $1,450.
* 2) Across the board - exceptional speakers in the Ajax/JavaScript space
~Seriously, a 5 day conference about Ajax?
* 1) If you are going to invest the time and resources in attending an
Ajax event in 2006, you want to go to the premier show: The Ajax Experience
~This should read “If you are going to invest $1,450…”