Archive for the 'conferences' Category

Great Developers, Projects That Sound Boring

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

I’ve been a fan of Joel Spolsky for years, though I haven’t agreed with everything he’s written, and even mocked him a bit. Joel has written at length on his web site and in print about attracting the best developers, and one aspect of that has bothered me:
How do you attract top developers to work […]

Business of Software 2007 Conference

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

I just registered for the Business of Software 2007 conference this fall (Oct 29 and 30) in San Jose. The organizers have put together an impressive list of speakers, and the schedule is mostly one-track: everyone in the same session. I prefer conference like that, to those with many “tracks”.
This is the first year for […]

TEDTalks - Ideas Worth Spreading - Video Worth Watching

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

TED is an annual conference at which a bunch of (hopefully?) remarkable people say remarkable things. I’m using the word in a Seth Godin sort of way: remarkable things are those which inspire people to literally remark about them.
It appears to be “A-list” event, meaning that I’m not likely to make the cut anytime soon.
Fortunately, […]

Selling your Software as a Service: Notes and Audio

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

At the St. Louis Code Camp on May 5, 2007, I gave a talk on Selling Your Software as a Service, in which I discussed our experiences selling a complex (Java) “enterprise” application in that manner. The room was much more crowded than I expected, it was exciting to have an eager group. As with […]

St. Louis Code Camp, May 5 2007

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

It’s time for the second (annual) St. Lous Code Camp on May 5, 2007. There’s no actual camping (unlike some other ___ camps out there), just one day of sessions. Think of it as a mini-conference. See Brian’s announcement for more details. If you’ve been thinking of giving user group talks and never gotten around […]

Google Tech Talks

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Google, a mecca for top notch programmers, attracts many top speakers to give talks on (generally) technical topics. They graciously record these talks and upload them to Google Video. You can get a list of most of them by searching video.google.com for “engEDU”. Think of these as virtual user group talks, but usually […]