I reviewed Code Camp Oz 2006 here and the presentations and speakers here. This year's Code Camp was fantastic. The social events that surrounded it - shared lunch, sponsored by Microsoft, dinners out, and the informal wine and cheese tasting - really added to the "community" feel. It was good to catch up with people I'd met last year and even meet some new people.  The content was a balance between current, relevant stuff and previews of upcoming technologies, presented by knowledgeable and professional local developers. In short, it was well worth attending. I also appreciate the way my boss supported...

This follows on from my Code Camp Oz 2006 Review Part 1. The presenters at Code Camp Oz 2006 had a range of styles, and the sessions felt more like conversations than lectures - but with people who definitely had something to "show and tell". Most of the presenters were very knowledgeable about their respective subject areas and most injected their sessions with a healthy dose of humour (I reckon that helps aid "mental digestion", especially when you're listening and talking tech for 8 straight hours, two days in a row!) Whatever Code Camps are elsewhere around the world, the humour,...

Last weekend I attended the excellent Code Camp Oz 2006 at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. What is a Code Camp? Well it's not deep training in .NET, and it's not a learning course for VB or C#. It is a no-cost, tightly-packed, two-day-long discussion of broad content for developers, split into about 50% upcoming technologies and 50% current topics. Topics covered in Code Camp Oz 2006 ranged from WPF (Windows Presentation Framework, formerly known as "Avalon") and WF (Windows Workflow Foundation), to the Compact Framework, SQL Server and Team System. The presenters were local...

Code Camp Oz is back on again in Wagga - the tentative timetable is up, and looks good. I'm focused on AJAX and ASP right now because of my current big project, but also WPF and LINQ look interesting, and anything SQL Server is always worth listening to especially if Greg Low is involved. I'm still not too excited by Team System (I read somewhere that "team system was the porsche of version control"...but can't find the link). I notice there's also a speaker out from the U.S. which should be good. So yes Geoff, I'm planning on going and can't wait - I...