Comments on: My Report on StackOverflow DevDays http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/10/22/my-report-on-stackoverflow-devdays/ Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference | Software by Rob http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/10/22/my-report-on-stackoverflow-devdays/comment-page-1/#comment-30585 Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference | Software by Rob Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:05:24 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/?p=978#comment-30585 [...] talk was the same one he gave at StackOverflow DevDays, which I attended and enjoyed about a month [...] [...] talk was the same one he gave at StackOverflow DevDays, which I attended and enjoyed about a month [...]

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]]> By: Eric http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/10/22/my-report-on-stackoverflow-devdays/comment-page-1/#comment-28108 Eric Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:30:10 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/?p=978#comment-28108 I went to DC DevDays this past Monday. Ditto to Jorge on "I felt old". I wish the DC DevDays had Android and/or Qt presentations, as the topics didn't really apply to me very much. There was some useful information, though, and I had a great time with the friend I went with. Joel Spolsky is all he's advertised to be and getting to see him speak in person was great. Was a fun time, for $100, it's a total no-brainer. I went to DC DevDays this past Monday. Ditto to Jorge on “I felt old”. I wish the DC DevDays had Android and/or Qt presentations, as the topics didn’t really apply to me very much. There was some useful information, though, and I had a great time with the friend I went with. Joel Spolsky is all he’s advertised to be and getting to see him speak in person was great. Was a fun time, for $100, it’s a total no-brainer.

]]> By: Brad Osterloo http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/10/22/my-report-on-stackoverflow-devdays/comment-page-1/#comment-28035 Brad Osterloo Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:55:21 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/?p=978#comment-28035 I whole heartedly agree with your statement of "The conference was a well-needed reminder that there are other alpha-geeks in the world, and that being around one another generates excitement and energy that is impossible to duplicate in any other forum." Well said! - I attend community events for exactly this reason - a way to recharge the batteries abit. I whole heartedly agree with your statement of “The conference was a well-needed reminder that there are other alpha-geeks in the world, and that being around one another generates excitement and energy that is impossible to duplicate in any other forum.”

Well said! – I attend community events for exactly this reason – a way to recharge the batteries abit.

]]> By: jorge http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/10/22/my-report-on-stackoverflow-devdays/comment-page-1/#comment-28021 jorge Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:28:19 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/?p=978#comment-28021 I went to the LA DevDays. Very much the same. Joel is a great presenter. A couple of other notes: 1. I felt old. 2. Nokia is in big trouble. The kids just don't care about C++ toolkits. I went to the LA DevDays. Very much the same. Joel is a great presenter.

A couple of other notes:
1. I felt old.
2. Nokia is in big trouble. The kids just don’t care about C++ toolkits.

]]> By: Robert http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/10/22/my-report-on-stackoverflow-devdays/comment-page-1/#comment-28004 Robert Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:02:09 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/?p=978#comment-28004 I went to the Austin DevDays and it was fantastic. You are 100% right about Joel's presentation skills, I couldn't believe the hour went by so quickly. I feel your pain when it comes to not being able to interact with other developers and it's definitely worth the drive to be able to interact with a large group of really smart people. This was a great conference for the money and I'll be going back year after year if they keep hosting it. I went to the Austin DevDays and it was fantastic. You are 100% right about Joel’s presentation skills, I couldn’t believe the hour went by so quickly.

I feel your pain when it comes to not being able to interact with other developers and it’s definitely worth the drive to be able to interact with a large group of really smart people.

This was a great conference for the money and I’ll be going back year after year if they keep hosting it.

]]> By: John Gallagher http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2009/10/22/my-report-on-stackoverflow-devdays/comment-page-1/#comment-27717 John Gallagher Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:17:59 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/?p=978#comment-27717 Rob Thanks for letting us know how cool DevDays was. I thought as much, which was why I was gutted when I couldn't really justify another chunk of money for another conference - I've already been to about 4/5 this year. But eventually, I'd love to meet Jeff and the StackOverflow team as well as other devs. There are just so many conferences you could attend it's almost silly. I've been to a few Rails conferences like FOWA and Scotland on Rails and met some really nice developers who I've kept touch with. And I don't even develop with Rails (although they're my target market which was the thinking behind this). Thanks for the great post. Rob

Thanks for letting us know how cool DevDays was. I thought as much, which was why I was gutted when I couldn’t really justify another chunk of money for another conference – I’ve already been to about 4/5 this year.

But eventually, I’d love to meet Jeff and the StackOverflow team as well as other devs. There are just so many conferences you could attend it’s almost silly. I’ve been to a few Rails conferences like FOWA and Scotland on Rails and met some really nice developers who I’ve kept touch with. And I don’t even develop with Rails (although they’re my target market which was the thinking behind this).

Thanks for the great post.

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