Whew! It’s been a busy weekend, with two major events: my daughter’s first birthday, and the first installment of what I hope will become a regular event, Developer Day. I’ll let pictures (soon to be uploaded) do the talking for the former, but this post is more about the latter.
I first conceived of Developer Day six or eight months ago, and after stewing on it for a while and talking it over with Justin Gehtland and a number of my co-workers at Viget, we finally decided to go ahead with it about two or three months ago. Having never organized an event of this sort before, I was a little surprised by all the work required, but it turned out better than I’d imagined - and by their comments and tweets, it seems like the attendees and speakers had a good time, too.
With that success under our collective belt, then, we’ve decided to do it again — this time, in DC, in late May. We’ll have some of the same speakers, as well as some new ones local to the area, but we’re committed to the idea of high-quality content for a very low cost, and to the idea of local conferences (even smaller than regional ones). We look forward to seeing people in DC in a few months, and who knows — maybe Developer Day will be coming to your city next!