Connecticut .NET Developers Group (CTDOTNET) First CodeCamp - August 2008
The Connecticut .NET Developers Group is having their first ever CodeCamp in Hartford, CT (USA) on August 16th, 2008 from 9am to 5pm at the New Horizons Computer Learning Center (directions to the center) in Bloomfield, CT. If you have never attended a CodeCamp, they just simply rock. It's technical content for technical folks without the fluff and without the marketing spin. It's all about the code. See the CodeCamp Manifesto for the dirty on the premise of a CodeCamp.
The ones in Boston and elsewhere that I have attended have always been great. I'll be excited to participate in the first Connecticut .NET Developers Group CodeCamp see some people I haven't seen in a while and meet some people I should know. I was able to be a part of the first Twin Cities Code Camp and wish I had been a part of the first Boston Code Camp. It's always lots of fun for attendees and presenters. What I really like about the one coming up in Hartford is the allotment of 90 minutes. In Boston, CodeCamp runs two weekend days and you have typically (if I am not mistaken) had about 60 minutes to present. I know from trying to do sessions at conferences and sessions that 50-60 minutes is actually really hard to fit good quality technical information into. 90 minutes sounds just right.
I have a talk I hope to be able to give that I had proposed for Tech Ed for it was not picked up. So I will hopefully get to work it all up and toss it at at this CodeCamp. Woohoo!
So... if you are in the neighborhood don't miss it.