My wife has been very patient over the past month or so with all the work I have been doing at home and late into the night. So I promised that after Code Camp last Saturday I would rest my fingers and give her and my little princess of a daughter some attention! Accordingly, I didn't even crack the computer for the rest of the weekend.
But now I thought I would say a couple of things about how this last code camp went.
On Friday night before the day of the code camp, as is customary, the speakers got together to chat prior to the event. It was a good night. Jeff Barnes and I carpooled together and after a fairly short drive down south we met the gang at the Montgomery Brewery and Pub. The band they had was in costume (I think)! If you were there, you know what I mean :) We had some food and good company! Doug Turnure joined us for this code camp for a couple of reasons. First, Joe Healy had some pressing matters he had to attend to. Second, Doug will be taking over as DE for our area in December. So while our thoughts were with Joe, we welcomed Doug into the Wild and Crazy world of Alabama!
As far as the actual Code Camp, I think we have had our 3rd successful Code Camp. We had some great speakers, some old, some new, but all entertaining and informative! As I mentioned in a previous post, the inaugural run of the .NET University occurred at this Code Camp and went well. I think the attendees got a great look at the four technologies headed their way in .NET 3.0!
The word on the street is that the guys down in Mobile at the Lower Alabama .NET User Group are getting reved up on the fourth code camp. Looks like it might take place sometime around April or May of 2007! I'm looking forward to that one. I guess I need to sand-proof my laptop. I wish those guys luck and look forward to seeing what they come up with. I anticipate another great success story. So as we say goodbye to another code camp, we look forward to the future (and the beach) with anticipation. Maybe I should start working on my presentations NOW!