I just got the exciting new that Central Coast Code Camp will be returning! This will be the second time for the Central Coast Code Camp and if it is anything like last year it will be a blast. Robert Hope did a great job putting it on and I am sure he will do another great job! I hope if you can find an excuse to make it that you do.

Check out the web site for more information www.centralcoastcodecamp.com.

Are you going to the Central Coast Code Camp on September 22nd & 23rd and coming from San Diego or LA? Well I am and I have decide to take the train up. It's a long ride but can be fun.

On 9/21/2007 I will be taking the Amtrak:

Pacific Surfliner #763 from Oceanside (7:02 am) to Los Angeles - Union Station (8:50)
Coast Starlight #14 from Los Angeles - Union Station (10:15 am) to San Luis Obispo (3:30 pm)

I will be hanging out in the Sightseer car (the big glass bubble).

And on 9/24/2007 I will be taking the Amtrak:

Pacific Surfliner #774 from San Luis Obispo (6:45 am) to Oceanside (2:13 pm)

I don't know if I am going to attend (trying to get the T&E now) but Seattle Code Camp v2.0 will be happening at the end of October on the 28th & 29th at DeVry University in Federal Way (not that I know where that is) but if you are interested check out the web site Seattle Code Camp v2.0. If you are from Southern California and you are planning on going please let me know so I can say hi if I go.

Yesterday I attended the Portland Code Camp all I can say is wow! It was great. I got to do a presentation on the Compact Framework.

There were a whopping 5 people in the room but we had a good walk through my pubsDemo project and we looked at the OrientationAwareControl from the p&p Mobile Client Software Factory. I had an extensive slide deck that I said I would post here but instead I will just list the three URLs that were in it. Before I list them I did want to thank any of you who attended.

• pubsDemo site
• MSDN Mobile Client Software Factory Site
• GotDotNet patterns and practices Mobile Client Software Factory

Pictures:

Water Fountain	Geek Band
The Headliner Band Mars Retrieval Unit	Fun Sprinkler Issues

Well we are done the evals have been rolling in and about to be closed down.

Over all the response has been great, the event as a whole has received 8.13 out of a posable 9. I think that is fantastic! My favorite comment has been:

“Outstanding. My first exposure, and was really happy to have the opportunity to mix with others in the community and beef up my skillset and overall awareness of the technology. I have some ideas for more sessions, but what was provided was more than enough to keep me busy. Definitely worth the time invested to connect with the community and the technology.”

I would like to say a big THANKS to Daniel Egan & Michele Leroux Bustamante who were the ones who made this Code Camp happen! As well as Andrew Karcher & Mark Rosenberg who did a ton of work with the volunteers, signs etc. The entire San Diego and greater SoCal developer community really helped get the word out and make this a great success, thanks to every one.

I have been getting pictures from many different people. Here are some of my favorite.

I am sure others have pictures posted, let me know where they are and I will link to them.

Jeff sent me his collection: http://camel-turd.com/killola/codecamp/

I hope to see everyone at the Fullerton CodeCamp in January!

WOW I went to a MSDN event today… all I can say is wow if you have not been to a MSDN event you need to experience this type of event. You can see all kinds of geek information all in a movie theater. And yes if you try hard you can sneak in to a free movie after the event .

At the event today and I am sure at the event coming up this Thursday in Garden Grove for information about user groups and events so here is a list of local resources:

SoCal Resources:
MSDN Flash (http://msdn.microsoft.com/flash)
SoCal .NET Events (http://www.socalnetevents.org)
List of SoCal User Groups (http://www.socalnetevents.org/Default.aspx?tabid=61) I know bad back ground but the list is good!

San Diego User Groups:
San Diego .NET Developers Group (http://www.sddotnetdg.org)
San Diego .NET User Group (http://www.sandiegodotnet.com)

I will have a section of this site soon that list all the groups that I can find\know about so if you know if a group please let me know.

Yep thanks to some incredible help from Daniel Egan and David Wells the SoCal Code Camp (www.socalcodecamp.com) web site is up and taking sessions! Please get your sessions submitted ASAP so we can come up with the schedule sooner then later.

Thanks