It is coming back to that time of the year where the developer developer developer day speakers can put themselves forward to talk on technical subjects. Now I am going to go out on a whim here and suggest specifically to the female technolgists and professionals out there with experience to come out and put themselves forward as speakers. Now the reason I say this is that at the last event there were very few female speakers and something that is apparent is that the females in IT are very good at getting information across and explaining it to people. Lets utilise those skills and have some fun.
I went and spoke at the last one on Mobile and Embedded Device development and I enjoyed it thoroughly. It was an experience that I would love to do again. In fact I probably will, but what I was trying to say was that as a result I found that I learnt an awful lot at the same time and it's a great environment to get the techies together and talking on subjects that they all love!
It is up to you to choose how you shape the event, the more choice people have the more likely that the subject areas would be diverse. What was missing at the last event was AJAX, python, open source, Java, new media technologies and related subject areas. I would love to see people going with these areas... I don't organise this event but I do certainly advocate it! I wouldn't miss it for the world!
If you are even contemplating speaking after reading this post then you are the sort of person that should be speaking at the event. Passion, communcation of ideas, processes and technology are a must and don't worry about the people they are all really friendly and I can vouch for that, coz I was worried about that at first too. It's really not a problem. If you are worried about doing it on your own, find a co-speaker. It's not a problem!
To sign up to give a talk you need to go here and add your details to the list! I look forward to seeing who turns up and who speaks. If you want any advice or info on past DDD day events let me know. I would be happy to persuade you to talk at it ;)
posted @ Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:33 PM