I logged in tonight to solicit some speakers for CodeMash. Yes, indeed, Microsoft has been an awesome sponsor, but we've had talks on Groovy, Scala, Ruby, Python, Android (thanks Dick!) and more, as well. I hope that many of you will consider sending in speaker submissions. Unfortunately, the deadline is tomorrow (October 1). I wish that I would have posted sooner (I've been swamped at work).
So PLEASE send in your submissions! Submit online at codemash.org. Don't take the "tracks" too seriously. We just go for great talks from great speakers and figure out where to put them later. Dianne On Sep 27, 9:50 pm, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ironic that the Posse took time at the beginning of JavaPosse #280 to > talk about CodeMash and its venue, the Kalahari Resort, as I just got > back from taking my family to the Kalahari for the weekend. > > A few head-nods and follow-ons below: > > * The conference is fascinating. They are really determined to get > the various camps mingling, so none of the topics really has enough > talks to be a track unto itself: you could maybe do Microsoft stuff > and ignore everything else (but it's a stretch... you'd have to count > stuff like IronPython sessions), and there's certainly not enough on > Ruby/Python, Java, or anything else to do those to the exclusion of > other platforms. Last year, I drifted into a security session that > described some similar attack vectors in both Java and .NET, and I > wondered "where else am I even going to hear this talk?" > > * That said, you guys are right about the prominence of .NET. > Microsoft is a major sponsor (last year they brought the Rock Band > tournament on Xbox with serious prizes), and this conference seems to > be a key part of their platforms' Midwest presence. Still, they do > play nicely with others. Beyond .NET, the other camps in attendance > are the agile scripting languages (Ruby/Python), Java, and Flash/Flex > (saw the omnipresent James Ward there last year). The OS X platforms > (Mac/iPhone) may emerge as another significant presence. > > * The Kalahari Resort really is amazing. The Posse mentioned the > indoor waterpark (at 180,000 square feet, the biggest in the US), but > beyond that, there's lots of stuff to do: an immense game room, a huge > climbing structure for the kids, three or four restaurants, a spa, > pottery and other craft activities for the kids, etc. The service is > also really impressive: the staff presence reminds me of Disney on a > good day. But you're not isolated: go two miles up OH-250 for > groceries, and the usual chain restaurants. > > * As for Sandusky... if you're not from the Midwest, here's the deal: > it's along Lake Erie, between Cleveland and Toledo. If you're flying > in, you're probably coming into Cleveland (45 min), though it's also > possible to fly into <strike>Toledo (1 hr)</strike> or Detroit (1.5 > hrs). By car, it'd be a reasonable drive (< 5 hrs) from Chicago, > Detroit, Indianapolis, PIttsburgh, or Cincinnati. Weather is sub- > freezing in January, but temperate because it's on the east side of > the Great Lakes (weather.com tells me average January high of 32F [0C] > and low of 19F [-7C]). Snow or freezing rain can hose your travel > plans -- weather was bad last year -- so leave yourself a day to get > there, just in case. > > Glad to hear some of the Posse is coming. Hope to see you there. > > --Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
