CodeMash

Howdy CodeMashers, We have two announcements regarding the board that governs CodeMash. As you know, CodeMash has always been run by a small group of volunteers. After being a member of the board for six years, and serving as the board secretary, Rob Gillen has retired from service, and has been promoted to attendee. He was a tireless member of the board, elevating how we worked with our contributors and the speaker community. His knowledge and mindset will be missed. If you see him at CodeMash, please let him know that we all appreciate the hard work he has put [...]

Thanks to a sponsor, we were able to test session recording this past January. We selected a hardware solution that was mostly hands off. We also chose to record only the audio and projector output, excluding a video camera. We found that including a video camera not only increased costs during recording, but also during production of the video. We are open to feedback on what you think of the resulting videos, and if you think we should attempt to record all sessions next year. We really need your feedback. Not all sessions that we attempted to record went well. [...]

Check out the KidzMash page for all of the details of what we have in the works for KidzMash this year. Last year we had over 700 kids, over the course of all four days. Kids registration is free! This is the fourth year we will be doing a Family Dinner. Tickets are $20 per KidzMash Adult, and $10 per KidzMash kid under 12. KidzMash kids over 12 need to buy an adult dinner ticket. CodeMash attendees can eat in the family dinner room, presumably with their family, for free. You will need to show your attendee badge. The two [...]