Please come and join me at CodeStock! It will be well worth your time!
My personal reasons for attending:
- I will be speaking there! (Shameless plug - I know)
- The conference will be covering a plethora of topics, having topics of interest for almost any kind of developer. They have 30 sessions!
- The conference speakers and organizers are pretty amazing and really know their stuff. (And many of them are local which means that you can not only pester them at the conference, but catch them at the local users group (ETNUG) or catch lunch w/ them around town!)
- Jeff Prosise will be there as the keynote. If you have not heard Jeff speak, he is a very down to earth and energetic speaker. His presentations not only cover the theory but the practice as well, making them very valuable to the practical developer.
- Finally, there are some really fun things planned for the day. I can't say more right now, but, needless to say, it will certainly add to the conference overall. (I will probably get heckled for saying this much, lol)
But, if you don't want to listen to me, here is what they have say about themselves!
CodeStock's mission is to bring the best and brightest code experts to East Tennessee for a one day conference open to all developers. This is not a trade show with slick salesman giving prepared demos - this is a gathering of real programmers learning about the latest in technology from each other. Sign up now at CodeStock.org and join us for CodeStock 2008!
- Keynote by author and MVP Jeff Prosise
- 30 amazing sessions, by industry leading speakers
- An area reserved for Open Spaces (self-organizing sessions)
- Great prize giveaways including: VSTS 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium ($10,939 Value!)
- Space is limited, register today!
Register at CodeStock.org
UPDATE - Now that they have officially announced the fun stuff - I can post it here:
Attending a conference to learn the latest in development practice and
see up close the new tools available is only part of what makes a
conference valuable. The other part is the time spent socializing and
networking with your peers. That's why CodeStock is throwing an after
party!
From 6pm till 8pm we'll have hot dogs, drinks and live music by
Knoxville's own Hanover Fist - these guys know how to rock (and I have
insider information that confirms some of them are also computer
geeks)! The stage area is located right next to the conference, and
there will be shade tents and tables setup for those not accustom to
Southern Living.
CodeStock - After Party