I've been in San Francisco for the past few days attending the IGDA Leadership Forum. I got a chance to meet up with some other ETC alums and met a few new people as well. It was nice attending a conference that was microscopic compared to other conferences like GDC. There were only 3 rooms, about 400-ish people, and the majority of the people attending the conference stayed in the hotel in which the conference was held.
It was quite nice being in a room with the leaders in our industry. Mark Cerny's keynote speech Friday morning was quite good, and I learned quite a bit from J.C. Connors talk, "Making Lots of Small Games Without Going Crazy." There were a few applications from that talk that I'll try to use as soon as I get back to Pittsburgh. Kane Minkus's talk about working through conflict between people also had a lot of tangible take-aways.
Overall, I had a great time, and I look forward to attending again next year! Now to get some dim sum while I'm still in SF. :)
