Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 8:58 AM

Would anyone be interested in another DevCon?

I'm thinking about doing a DevCon before the end of the year (likely October) in a pleasant environment (likely the Skamania Lodge) on a topic that's *not* XML or Web Services based (we've done that topic to death). The soul of the DevCon will remain the same, i.e. to cut away all the unessential conference baggage and concentrate on why we're spending time at a conference in the first place -- the talks by industry experts and experienced practitioners.

If I organized such an event, would anyone come?

42 comments on this post

Sam Gentile:

I would and would recomend it to others

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 9:31 AM

Aaron B. Hockley:

I'd be very interested...

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 9:36 AM

Matt Davis:

Yep- count me in.

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 10:06 AM

Andy Miller:

I would take heroic measures to attend (+1 for Skamania...simply beautiful location).

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 10:15 AM

Brad Wilson:

Yes, please. :)

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 10:19 AM

Leo Bartnik:

I would be interested.

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 10:25 AM

Savas Parastatidis:

I'd give it a try :-)

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 10:36 AM

Jason Olson:

I would definitely want to be there this time :).

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 10:53 AM

Rick Langdon:

And how!

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 11:58 AM

mattd:

Is the sky blue?

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 12:10 PM

Mike Sax:

Yes!

Suggested topic: Peer-to-peer computing.

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 12:30 PM

Don Demsak:

You build it, and I'll be there.

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 3:27 PM

John C:

As long as it stayed away from the over touted, trendy noise words like SOA, Agile, XML, and Web Services, and instead focused on important programming topics such as threading, new ADO features, new SQL features, and performance I'd love to go.

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 5:07 PM

Adam Kinney:

I'd come and bring a camera, especially now that I could drive this time :)

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006, 11:51 PM

Chris Bilson:

I would go in any event, but suggestion: something about Rich Clients, UI, Data Visualization, really good (Tufte) UI ideas, etc. A booster shot for all the poor souls trying to recover from "web-based" mistakes.

Wednesday, Jun 14, 2006, 5:44 AM

Mike Bouck:

Based on the signal-to-noise ratio of the past DevCon's I'd say if you threw something similar that wasn't too esoteric I'd definitely consider it...

Wednesday, Jun 14, 2006, 2:24 PM

Mike Bouck:

Workflow/rules engines are underserved and of definite interest (to me at least!)

Wednesday, Jun 14, 2006, 2:25 PM

Kent Boogaart:

You paying for my flight + accommodation? :)

Wednesday, Jun 14, 2006, 9:04 PM

Scott Prugh:

I'm there. I second the topic of Workflow Engines.

Friday, Jun 16, 2006, 12:22 PM

James Churchill:

I'd be there... and I'd recommend it to others.

Friday, Jun 16, 2006, 2:47 PM

Chris Sells:

I'm thinking of a theme of "Beyond Objects" to explore programming languages and techniques post-OO. This would include alternative execution models ala workflow and rules as well as alternate program notations, e.g. functional and declarative. I can easily imagine some of this getting into domain-specifics that would include both client and server-side. Interesting?

Friday, Jun 16, 2006, 5:23 PM

Alex James:

I would be their in a flash. Can I suggest you consider Data 2.0 as the topic... i.e. the life blood of Web 2.0

Friday, Jun 16, 2006, 11:22 PM

Sam Gentile:

Its intresting to me Chris (your topic)

Saturday, Jun 17, 2006, 5:17 AM

Wade Hatler:

Pick a topic. I'm in.

Saturday, Jun 17, 2006, 10:39 AM

jim:

must ask mum but I think it's ok

Saturday, Jun 17, 2006, 2:43 PM

Andrew:

Love your topic suggestion. It would be nice to have would I would consider an architect type conference focusing on higher level development topics. Would be there in a heartbeat.

Sunday, Jun 18, 2006, 11:45 PM

Darren Jefford:

How about Modeling as a topic? We've got WF "Modeling", DSL Tools, the designers in VS, Software Factories - all set to make a big difference!

Monday, Jun 19, 2006, 5:21 AM

Brian Graf:

I would be very interested in attending.

Monday, Jun 19, 2006, 2:24 PM

BadreNarayanan.V:

I will be interested.

Monday, Jun 19, 2006, 4:29 PM

Jesse Ezell:

Of course.

Monday, Jun 19, 2006, 5:49 PM

Paul:

Sounds good.

Tuesday, Jun 20, 2006, 12:51 AM

Mike:

IF.....

I'd be interest as long as it doesn't get me signed up for SPAM mania again. I still need a rule to delete emails coming to my inbox sent to [ATLDEVCON].

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006, 9:11 AM

Robert Hurlbut:

I would attend and I am very interested.

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006, 12:20 PM

Ian:

Totally - Skamania gets another +1 from me

Thursday, Jun 22, 2006, 11:31 AM

M. David Peterson:

Where do I sign?

Monday, Jun 26, 2006, 11:01 AM

Craig Andera:

I'm definitely interested. Not sure I can swing it, but interested.

For my money, SQL Server 2005 is such a rich and important piece of infrastructure that I'd like to see stuff on it.

Tuesday, Jun 27, 2006, 7:36 AM

Norman Headlam:

I would come.

Tuesday, Jun 27, 2006, 8:58 AM

Krishna Sankar:

Definitely beyond objects, other ideas policy and rules across the (seven layer) stack for massive asymmetric edge grids like sensor networks; leveraging multi-core processors natively,...

Friday, Jul 7, 2006, 4:57 PM

Vali Ali:

Would definitely join, specially since there will be talk on topics "other than XML and web-services" :)

Saturday, Jul 8, 2006, 11:23 PM

Blair Schneider McKay:

If funds permit, I'd definitely come.

Regarding the topic: Your recent post on "functional programming" got me thinking about what one might call programming paradigms. It would be interesting to see a convention organized around several different paradigms and their representative technologies. For example, a session on rules-based programming could use XSLT examples. A session on OOP design-patterns could use both traditional languages like C++, C#, or Java, but also newer offerings like Ruby which support the patterns directly in the language. Embedded programming is pretty hot (I note in passing your recent cell-phone purchase) and it might be interesting to review best practices in "tight" C or C-style coding.

Generally, I find that although they have their favorites, senior programmers don't specialize in just one language or paradigm. One ideally uses the best tool for the job, which might be something that draws on completely new skills.

Books are key, but seeing an introduction and best-practices talk on a new technology really broadens one's horizons. (And it can tell you which book to buy next.)

Saturday, Jul 15, 2006, 6:32 AM

Blair Schneider McKay:

Sorry, I should have read the entire list before responding. I see now that Chris already suggested a very similar format on June 16.

Saturday, Jul 15, 2006, 6:33 AM

Paul van Brenk:

Any news?

Monday, Sep 11, 2006, 7:37 AM

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