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Running a Code Camp – Preparation (2009 Update)

This post is dedicated to my father, who passed away on 12/5/2009. He was a wonderful father and husband. He made friends with everyone he met. He taught me so much, and always had faith in me. I miss him terribly. I love you dad. You’re in a much better place now. I wrote my [...]

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Observations of a Speaker Idol Event

Update I’ve updated some of the points below, based on some of the comments I received, including points about when to answer questions, the appropriateness of jokes, and following through after the presentation. Last night, I attended a terrific Speaker Idol event at the NYC .NET Developer’s Group at the Microsoft office in NYC. It’s [...]

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Advice for Presenting at Code Camps & User Groups

John Zablocki was one of the presenters at the our first ever code camp. He’s written a related article about presenting at code camps, with the story behind his preparation and presentation. This article serves as a cousin post to my posts about running a code camp. Ok, maybe it’s a sister post. Or a [...]

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Running a Code Camp – After the Event

In my previous two posts, I discussed guidelines for the preparation of running a code camp, and then I went through all the tasks for handling the actual day of the event. Here, I’ll be discussing the things you should do after the event is done — after you’ve given yourself a few hours (minutes?) [...]

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Running a Code Camp – The Event

In my previous post, I discussed guidelines for preparing for the running of a code camp. If you’re not out of breath yet, hang in there. This is where it all pays off. I’ll then follow up with a post about the follow-up steps to be done after the event. Arrive Early If you can [...]

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Running a Code Camp – Preparation

I’ve only been involved in running one code camp, but I think we learned a lot, and it went well enough to be able to recommend some guidelines. This first post will list my guidelines for the preparation steps. It assumes you’re already involved in running a user group. I’ll follow up with posts about [...]

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Code Camp was a Success — Whew!

Well, the big day has come and gone, and we survived. Not only did we survive, but I think we did pretty well. Our first code camp took place on Saturday, and I have to say, it was an amazing experience. You can’t have a code camp without speakers, and we were extremely fortunate to [...]

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A Short Lesson on How to Present Clearly – Presenting AJAX

Last night at the Fairfield / Westchester .NET User Group in Stamford, CT, Microsoft’s Peter Laudati brought uncommon clarity to his presentation of Microsoft’s AJAX framework. Peter is a top-notch presenter, and he proved why he’s a Developer Evangelist for the NY / NJ area. Although I’ve seen many solid presentations at user groups and [...]

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U2 Live MP3 Naming Conventions

*** Edited based on my comment below. *** I used to have this on my site, so I’m reproducing it here due to all the arguments about naming since recordings began circulating for the tour. Remember one VERY IMPORTANT FACT — if we all start creating our own names for a specific recording, we will [...]

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