So Doug is putting together some offline meet-ups for the New York Dance/Tech community. I think the name “DanceTech” is confusing because of its similarity to Dance + Tech which I don’t think is related.

The topics sound good, it could be interesting if you can actually get people offline and away from their computers.

Some of the suggested topics really annoy me though, such as “How dancers can create professional websites without any technical training or background, and do this very inexpensively.”

That’s one of the most insulting things to read as a designer and web developer. ‘Hey, dancers with no training or technical knowledge could do your job.’

I think I’m going to start my own workshop called “How over-weight web designers with no training can create professional ballets and do it inexpensively.”

It’s just the hight of conceit to believe that you can create professional results in my field without training. I respect your work, please respect mine.