Another Code Camp, Another Good Time

Over the weekend I hopped a train up to Waltham where I spoke at the New England Code Camp 11.  As usual, there was a vibe in the air that made everything seem almost make believe – or maybe that was just the green tint on the projector..  Either way, if you haven’t been to a Code Camp yet, there’s no better time.  Free content, free food, and great opportunities for networking.  That’s not to mention the give-aways. 

I spent a good amount of time in the Speakers lounge on Saturday and had the opportunity to meet some great people.  I was introduced to “Pocket Coffee”, a chocolate John Doucette’s his wife picked up in Rome.  It wasn’t any chocolate, it had an Espresso center.  After trying one, I was immediately hooked and started feverishly searching Amazon.com to see where I could buy a case.  Right before I had to leave to catch my train,I got into a long discussion about HDD’s and what the platters are made out of.  Turned out I was talking to somewhat of an expert on the subject.  Igor Moochnick told me about how he re-uses computer parts in his robotics side projects.  All in all good fun, and it was great meeting you all. 

The session itself was a hit (in my opinion).  I did an introductory level JavaScript talk, packing years of experience into an hour long discussion.  The session was more like a chalk talk than a standard “session”.  Actually I didn’t have a single PowerPoint slide prepared, and spent 99% of the time inside of Visual Studio or Internet Explorer.  If you were at the session and have any specific questions about the topics I covered feel free to use the comments section on this post. 

I’m not sure who traveled the farthest to get to the Code Camp, but I know that I lost out to Steve Andrews and John Baird who drove up from the Philly area. 

And speaking of Philly – The Philly Code Camp is coming up on April 18th.  I’ll be there, just not speaking this time.  I’m doing something a little different that I think you’re going to like.  I’m setting up in the cafeteria all day, and I’ll be there to answer any questions you have about the Infragistics tools.  Want to know what’s in the next release?  Need help figuring out how to do something with one of the tools?  Just stop on by.  Feel free to bring your laptop and projects with you, we can do some hands on debugging.