SpeakingOctober 28 - 30 - Presenting two sessions on OSGi.
EventsMay 6 - 9 - Attending JavaOne in San Francisco.
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I spent yesterday at Architecture and Design World in Chicago, and led two talks – the first on Continuous Integration and the second on GOF Patterns. If you’ve not been to a conference organized by Dr. Dobbs Events group, I’d highly recommend one. For the past few years, I’ve been attending SD Expo, Architecture and Design World, and SD Best Practices, and repeatedly hear conference attendees remark on the quality of the events. A staple of these conferences is their avoidance of vendor specific talks, and emphasis on the latest and greatest techniques.
These conferences are a melting pot of ideas and individuals, and they offer excellent sessions for all. I spoke to developers using Ruby/Rails, Java, and .NET to develop enterprise web applications, software engineers developing embedded systems in C++, project managers interested in agile practices, and enterprise architects seeking to learn more about SOA. The range of sessions is fantastic. While one instructor is preaching the virtues of MDA, another is discussing Agile Modeling. The opinions and insight offered not only by the instructors, but the attendees, is invaluable to all those in attendance. There’s a lot of excellent discussion following the sessions, throughout the halls, and into the happy hour and BOF sessions. There really is something for everyone. If you haven’t had an opportunity to attend one of these events, I’d highly recommend it. Ask your peers who have been there, I’m sure they will too.
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I also was at Architecture and Design World last week. I was in your CI talk and it was very good. I agree with your comments on the content, there were many excellent presenters and topics but as far as organizing goes, it was one of the worst conferences I’ve been to. The venue was way oversized ( and over priced ) But even with the giant facilities of the McCormic Center many of the sessions were standing room only. The food was poor to non-existant and I could go on and on about the details that make an event like this run smoothly. And all this for over $2K! Compare that with the NFJS stuff event that you will be at this weekend. I think Dr. Dobbs would do well to hire Jay Zimmerman to arrange their conferences.
Have a great time in Green Bay. I wish I could be there.
Sorry to hear your conference experience was subpar. I’ll provide feedback to the conference organizers. I do know they are looking at a different venue next year…possibly something closer to Michigan Ave. I know Jay does a great job with the food, but unfortunately he is one of the very few that do well with that.
But as far as the content at Architecture and Design World…we agree.