Once again Michael Neel and the crew in Knoxville, TN are pushing the envelope for community conferences with CodeStock 2009. The CodeStock crew will be presenting the 2nd annual CodeStock conference on June 26-27, 2009. Not only is the event put on by developers who are passionate about technology, but you have a chance to decide on what the sessions will be. If you register for CodeStock before May 15, you can cast a vote for your top 5 most desired sessions. The voting will help decide what sessions are selected. I was at CodeStock last year and it was a very well attended and well run event, especially for it’s first year. I know that this year will be just a good and look forward to heading back.
The amount of activities that will be going on is quite impressive. Jeffrey Richter and John Robbins will be delivering virtual sessions which I assure you will be excellent. I have been trying to get just one of those guys to devLink since 2006, so great job to the CodeStock folks for landing them. There will be a contest called Unbeatable Geek, which should be very interesting to see. Nick Bradbury, creator of HomeSite, TopStyle and FeedDemon will be participating in a panel on creating business from software. Even I have been invited to participate in a panel discussion about running community conferences and user groups, which should be a fun time. The good ole boys from Deep Fried Bytes, Keith Elder and Chris “Woody” Woodruff will be on hand to record a live podcast episode as well.
This is one of the best run and enjoyable events that I have every attended so I hope you will consider spending a weekend in Knoxville at CodeStock this June. Oh, I forgot to mention that the price for tickets is only $25 before June 1st and $45 after that date, so it is recession friendly. With an offering of around 50 sessions and the rest, it is a bargain.
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