40 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/40 CodeMash attendees of years past will recall that we typically host a panel discussion on Wednesday evening at 7 pm in the main dining hall. <p> This year's discussion will focus on Software Quality. Carl Franklin will moderate the panel. Audience participation is strongly encouraged. Microphones will be provided, as will paper for writing questions (for those who may be intimidated by the huge room that is now the main dining area). <p> Please see <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/codemash/browse_thread/thread/458e76608a83310b"> the announcement in the CodeMash Google Group </a> for more details! 2012-01-09T00:00:00-05:00 41 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/41 We're pleased to announce InfoQ will be onsite at CodeMash 2012 recording a few of our sessions! We're very excited about this! <p> See more information in <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/codemash/browse_thread/thread/e0524a836fde164f#">the announcement in the CodeMash Google Group</a>. 2012-01-08T00:00:00-05:00 39 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/39 Attendees: <p>Please do keep an eye on the CodeMash schedule. With a conference of this size we always end up with a few last minute changes due to unavoidable circumstances. <p>We'll announce changes on Twitter (@CodeMash, if you're not following already!). 2011-12-27T00:00:00-05:00 38 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/38 We're very pleased to announce that Barry Hawkins will be joining us as the second keynoter at the upcoming CodeMash conference! <p/> How We Got Here, And What To Do About It <p/> If you are developing software and getting paid for it, software process is part of your life. Even the absence of a defined process is a process of sorts. For over forty years the world of software development has been churning through forms of process, with each successor disclaiming the validity of its forebears to the cheers of those liberated from the oppressive chains of process past. <p/> But if the latest acclaimed process is the answer, why do so many groups slough off what seemed to be working well a scant few years ago in favor of yet another choice? Furthermore, the time between process changes gets shorter and shorter. Waterfall reigned for ages, then RUP, then Scrum and XP, and now Lean/Kanban, each enjoying successively shorter seasons of favor as the de facto choice. <p/> Process is but a framework to facilitate the collaboration of a group of people to produce a desired outcome. It is not a substitute for culture, technical excellence, discipline, and product strategy. <p/> In this keynote, Barry emphasizes the need to continue thinking critically about the processes and practices we embrace, accounting for the context in which they exist, and the importance of reflection and refinement at both the organizational and personal levels. <p/> About Barry<p/> ------------------<p/> Prior to his career in software, Barry Hawkins spent 10 years designing, selling, and delivering turn-key industrial packaging and marking systems into manufacturing plants throughout the southeastern United States. He was responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and support of every system he sold, which was a formative experience that continues to influence his approach to consulting and coaching. <p/> Barry has played various roles in his 15 years in the software industry, including lone developer, team lead, director, and Agile coach and mentor. Barry is one of the few native Atlantans, currently specializing in coaching and mentoring for Agile software development in addition to doing contract software development. Over the years, he has developed on multiple platforms, focusing primarily on Microsoft technologies and then Java from 2003 onward. He views technology as a set of tools, and embraces the use of dynamic as well as statically-typed languages, procedural, object-oriented, and functional programming, each having their own strengths in a given problem domain. 2011-12-07T00:00:00-05:00 37 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/37 <p> It used to be easy: building an 'enterprise' app meant using EJB, or COM+, or Web Services. It meant building a big, high-throughput, transactionally-oriented client/server system in a server-side-heavy topology. But (they tell us) that's over now. It's all "cloud", and "mobile": small clients accessing large servers living in a data center "someplace else", in a high-throughput manner. Somehow it doesn't feel any different. Neither did mainframes, for that matter. How are we end up here? What's the new "enterprise" developer supposed to do? What about all the new stuff (dynamic and/or functional languages, "NoSQL", and more)? Where does that all fit in? </p> <br /> And what does all this have to do with geometry and history, again? <br /> <p> Noted architectural expert, author and speaker Ted Neward will share insights into this topic honed over a decade of working with a wide range of organizations. An Architectural Consultant with Neudesic, LLC, Ted holds no patents, founded no open source frameworks, and invented no languages, choosing to revel instead in endless rounds of Halo, pizza, and gallons of Diet Coke. </p> 2011-11-08T00:00:00-05:00 36 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/36 Are interested you in speaking to a crowd of young CodeMash geeks? <p>Melissa Insko is looking for a few people who would be interested in talking to our youngest CodeMash attendees! Past KidzMash sessions have included Skitch, robots, and Kids Programming Language. <p>Speaking to kids is completely different than your usual geek audience. Keep that in mind! <p>If you're interested, please contact Melissa directly at melissa.insko AT gmail.com. She can help you get clear on expectations and perhaps filter out topics, too. 2011-10-30T00:00:00-04:00 35 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/35 OK, folks, it looks like things are finally settled down with registration! Please read this closely to make sure you understand what's going on, and whether or not you need to take any action. First off, we greatly appreciate everyone's patience as we've worked through the issues. Who knew that we'd end up crushing Eventbrite's registration system! <p>The flood of registrations in such a short time caused issues with Eventbrite's notification system. Their link to PayPal worked fine, so folks were getting confirmations from PayPal; however, not from Eventbrite. That logjam is now cleared and everyone should have, by now, gotten confirmations from both PayPal *AND* Eventbrite. <p>If you have gotten a confirmation from PayPal and Eventbrite then you are good and golden. No need to contact us about your registration. We'll see you at CodeMash! <p>If you have <strong>NOT</strong> gotten confirmations from both PayPal and Eventbrite then please contact us via mail to registration AT code mash DOT org. Please note that's singular registration, not plural registrations. We will track things down. <p> Please don't flood us with mails if you've gotten both confirmations-- we're still very busy making sure everyone's handled. Again, thanks to everyone for your patience, and more importantly your enthusiasm and passion around CodeMash! 2011-10-25T00:00:00-04:00 34 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/34 CodeMash 2010 sold out in 32 days. CodeMash 2011 in 3.5 days over a weekend. <p>Today I'm stunned and amazed to say that CodeMash 2012 sold out in 20 minutes. <p>The first CodeMash in 2006 had barely 200 people at it. Who knew we'd end up like this just a few short years later! <p>Many thanks to all who make this such a wonderful conference: my fellow organizers and staff, the great speakers, our supportive sponsors, and most of all the tremendously engaged and enthusiastic attendees! 2011-10-24T00:00:00-04:00 33 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/33 The registration page for CodeMash 2012 is up at http://codemash.org/Register. The registration window will open up at 10:24AM Eastern US on 10/24. 2011-10-23T00:00:00-04:00 31 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/31 CodeMash 2012 tickets will go on sale on 10/24 at 10:24AM Eastern US time. </br>CodeMash 2010 sold out in 32 days. CodeMash 2011 sold out in 3.5 days over a weekend. Make sure you're ready to act quickly! </br>We will be selling 1200 tickets for attendees, an increase of 300 from CodeMash 2011! </br>We look forward to seeing you in Sandusky! 2011-10-17T00:00:00-04:00 32 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/32 We're happy to announce the prices for CodeMash 2012! </p>The optional PreCompiler workshop day will be $90. </p>The CodeMash conference itself will be $195. </p>The PreCompiler is open only to attendees of the conference -- we don't sell PreCompiler-only tickets. </p>We will be capping tickets to 1200 this year. That's an increase of roughly 300 over last year, but sales will still be extremely brisk. Be prepared! </p>We're looking forward to seeing you at the Kalahari! 2011-10-17T00:00:00-04:00 29 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/29 The call for submissions for CodeMash 2012 will end at 11:59PM Eastern US time on 30 September. <strong>No late submissions will be accepted</strong> Got an idea for a great talk? We'd love to see it! Please submit your abstract at http://codemash.org/Speakers ! 2011-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 30 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/30 Registration for CodeMash 2012 will open October 24th! CodeMash 2009 sold out the 700 slots in 32 days. CodeMash 2010 sold out 800 in 3.5 days. Over a weekend. The takeaway from this is you should be ready to roll on 24 October! Registrations will be handled through Eventbrite again. We're still finalizing costs, but will be able to share those in the next week or two. The costs will not be drastically different from CodeMash 2010: $85 for the optional PreCompiler, $185 for the conference. Stay tuned to the CodeMash Google group, the CodeMash site, and Twitter (@CodeMash) for the latest breaking news. We're looking forward to seeing you at the conference! 2011-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 28 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/28 Interested in speaking at CodeMash 2012? Got a great topic you want to share with some of the industry's best, brightest, and most passionate geeks? The CodeMash 2012 Call for Submissions opens 15 September. The window for submissions this year will be very short. Don't delay! More news on where and how to submit will be forthcoming! 2011-08-21T00:00:00-04:00 27 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/27 CodeMash 2012 isn't all that far away! We will be opening up sponsorships for alumni sponsors on 1 Sept. New sponsors are welcome to jump on board from 15 Sept on. We'll soon be posting up details on pricing and neat new opportunities! You can also contact Jim Holmes directly: Jim DOT Holmes AT CodeMash DOT org 2011-08-04T00:00:00-04:00 20 http://www.codemash.org/Home/News/20 We're pleased to announce we've worked with the Kalahari to cut the hotel room costs for Friday and Saturday nights after CodeMash 2011! <p>Read all about it in the CodeMash Google Group: <a href="http://is.gd/fygJp">http://is.gd/fygJp</a> 2010-09-28T00:00:00-04:00