So there's nothing like a code camp to make me feel energised about what I do! I remember feeling roughly the same way after CodeCampOz 2007. Myself and a couple of hundred other programmers spent last weekend in Wagga Wagga talking about all things geeky.
This year I drove up with Jonas Folles who did an awesome talk demonstrating an interactive video application with Silverlight. My other travelling companion was Ian Thomas who regulars on the AusDotNet mailing list will be familiar with. Thanks to both of them for making the six hours there and back not only bearable but interesting and enjoyable.
I really enjoyed all the sessions but the standouts for me where:
I also got a heap out of Jonas's silverlight talk and Scott Berry's WPF business applications talk from looking at the way they use blend. I've been doing some WPF bits and pieces over the past 12 months but have not been using Blend anywhere near as much as I should. Although as Scott pointed out maybe its good to go through enough XAML pain to really know what is going on. 
My free copy of Blend 2 is coming in 18 days!
As is always the way with these things many of the most interesting content was to be had between sessions and at the pub. It was also great to put a face to many names that I've seen in blog or on mailing lists.
While I'm feeling inspired here is my list of tech goals for the next few months:
- Get back to contributing to CodeCampServer
- Get involved in a side project that isn't web based (probably WPF?)
- Get a demo together for the Heros Happen demo comp.
- Actually post something interesting on this blog every now and again.
- Get my MCTS (Web)
Thanks to Greg Keogh for permission to use the photo at the top of this entry. The theatre looks a little bear so my guess is the photo might have been from early Sunday morning.
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