I have to agree with Diane and Van, both Codemash and SVCC are great events to get your brains turbocharged and have a look at the "competing" side. .Net, Java, Ruby, etc all play nice in these conferences. The Strangeloop certainly looks to follow the same spirit (wish I could be there).
Hope to catch up with you @ Codemash! On Sep 30, 6:43 pm, Dianne Marsh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
