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CodeCamp Philly out of the way... But can't wait till the next one



Well, this was not only my first Code Camp speaking engagement, it was my first Code Camp, period.  What a great time!  Stan Spotts did a great job putting it together, but kudos to Bill Wolff and the other track leads as well.  On Saturday I did a talk on Custom WebControl Development and it went over real well.  I was amazed that I was able to stuff 2-3 hours of material into a 1 hour talk and I had to summarize a lot of information, but the crowd seemed to still be getting into it and I was hit with a ton of questions afterward.  Sunday I did a talk on Declarative Programming and how to use custom WebControls as an approach to ASP.NET development.  Most of the crowd there were returns from my first class.  The problem was that they gave me a small room and everyone had to cram into it.  But that didn't stop anyone from coming - they were standing in the back against the wall.  I'm proud to say that this class received not only the standard end-of-talk applause, but two other applauses during the middle of it.  I look forward to doing these [and others] again at other Code Camps.  I think NY and NJ are next; unfortunately I was late submitting for DC.  One of the best parts about the weekend was the people I got to meet.  A lot of names I knew already like Brian Noyes and Kevin Goff, but I also got to meet and chat with some of the attendees that just wanted to geek out a little over the material I was covering.  This is the stuff I live for - pretty pathetic huh?  Nothing is better than starting a new talk and asking if anyone has done this stuff before - then noone raises their hand.  This is like fresh meat to a speaker like me.  If anyone that was in my classes reads this blog entry, thanks for attending and making my talks so great.  Can't wait till the next one.

Posted On Tuesday, April 26, 2005 9:28 AM