Seattle Code Camp - More Info

I been busy the last couple of days working on the Seattle Code Camp. If you haven't heard about it -- it's a weekend long developer conference that is put together by local developers. See details on the camp manifesto here Code Camps started in Boston and have proven very popular with developers - they're popping up all over the country.

I am responsible for two tracks, I'm co-charing the Web Development with Paul Litwin I'm also working on the Hobbyist track. I encourage you to sign up for the event. They are popular and often reach capacity quickly. Can you imagine a better way to spend the weekend?

Looking for Speakers

We are still looking for speakers. If you have a topic you'd like to present, drop me a note. Would you be interested in doing a presentation for my tracks? Code Camp has 13 tracks so there is a slot for nearly any talk you would like to give. I encourage you to submit talks on other tracks and topics too. Speakers are limited to a couple talks, because we want you to have fun too and have a chance to interact with other code campers. If we get lots of submissions obviously we will have to cull the abstracts to a reasonable amount.
I'm also looking for more folks with hobby related topics (robotics, automation, remote controlled devices, music, fun stuff). Any ideas?

You can submit abstracts to me or directly on the Code Camp website.[ http://pacwest.ms/codecamp/sea/1/]

Spotlight on Speakers

We're starting to get a great list of presenters for the show. The list is not posted, it should be out on the website later this week. Who, you say? Who's coming? Well I can't list them all here so I'll start with the first one on the list.

Professor Richard E. Crandall
http://www.reed.edu/~crandall/

Richard Crandall currently holds the title of Apple Distinguished Scientist, having previously been Apple's Chief Cryptographer, the Chief Scientist at NeXT, Inc., and recipient of the Vollum Chair of Science at Reed College.

Yes, that's right. Apple. As in Apple Computers. This is a developer event, NOT a Microsoft event.

In 1997 he founded a consulting firm, Perfectly Scientific, Inc., dedicated to industrial algorithm design. His primary interest is interdisciplinary scientific computation, though he has authored numerous theoretical papers in quantum physics, biology, mathematics, and chemistry, as well as various patents across engineering fields.

There are plenty of topics for you. Ruby, Agile Development, Creating a Gaming Framework, .NET, Avalon, Linq, Design Patterns, SQL Server Development and dozens more.

Code Camp Details
We are going to have 13 tracks and and a lot of attendees (we have capacity for ~1000). Portland Code Camp registered 300 in two weeks time. This is our first Camp so we don't really know how many will attend. We are looking for about 80-90 talks for the two days. There will be a big publicity push this week and every week till the start of the camp.

Code Camp is devoted to coders, regardless of platform, OS or favorite programming language. That means we are encouraging talks in lots of disciplines. We want to cross-pollinate the developers in the area - exposing them to ideas and tools that they may not have seen before.

Code Camp is open for kids and teens too. At the Portland Camp there were numerous fathers there with their 10-16 year old boys. The younger ones were totally thrilled to be there.

Code Camps encourages new speakers to join in. Friday night we will have a gathering for speakers which includes speaker training and the opportunity to talk to seasoned presenters.

Dates: October 22,23, 2005
Times: Daytime
BBQ: Saturday Evening
Location: Devry University -- Federal Way WA
Cost: Free
Payment to Speakers: $0.00
Session Length: Variable but most will be 75 minutes
Registration: If you are a speaker you must be registered for the event.

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