So Steve Lawson posted about the idea of a practical conference around solving people’s coding problems. For people who are comfortable with the notion of coding, but may not have all the chops they need.
You can read his post for more details and some great comments.
Some questions that come to mind, some of which have already been raised
- Better name than code4you?
- Should it be online(and if so using what software, and synchronous, asynchronous or a mix of both)?
- When?
- Free? Fee?
- If offline, where?
- What topics?
Bonus points - check out Dorothea’s post, since she can actually write and has thought about (and done) this stuff before. And there’s a lively discussion on FriendFeed about what should be taught.
August 19, 2008 at 3:11 pm
How about Code Camp for a name? I’m not opposed to it being online, but I’d also like to meet in person. In Michigan, since that’s where I live.
Alternatively, Chicago would be great.
As for topics, I’d like to learn how to configure Drupal and/or Joomla, for a start. There’s a lot more I’d like to learn, too, but configuring those is something I actually need to do right now.