The third annual Saint Louis Day of Dot Net has once again raised the bar of what a great tech conference should be. More than 650 people came from all over the world to enjoy some of the nations top technical talent, including members of Oracle, Dot Net Nuke, and the ever present Microsoft team. More than 50 speakers and close to 100 presentations made this one of the most informative weekends I've ever seen.
A few of my favorites:
Home Monitoring with Wireless Sensor Networks
- Jesse Phelps
The only thing cooler than a room packed with geeks, wires, and gadgets is an impromptu repeat of the full session in the hallway for the people who couldn't catch the session. Only at the STL DODN can you get a private session from the speaker. Who needs a pod cast with such a cool speaker group.
Start Me Up - Clint Edmonson
Clint covered the basic 6 steps needed to get an internet based start up off the ground. Once again, this was a well attended session. Fortunately this year it was in a bigger room, so there was no need to stand in the hall & listen.
Cloud Confetti - Jeff Ayers
Jeff covered a great architectural approach to securing & backing up data in the cloud. A much needed topic for any cloud deployment. My only regret is that I can't leverage his code just yet. Hopefully it will emerge on codeplex soon.
Better than the sessions:
However, as usual, the sessions were only half of the value. The conversations in the hall and after parties with speakers, vendors, and attendees were just as enlightening. For me the most valuable learning experience was a late night debate about the current/future states of HTML 5 & MS's role in it's development between @bgoldy & @kensipe.
Hats off once again to the STLDODN team for another great event. Can't wait until next year.
As promised, the slide decks for most of my sessions are as follows:
| Jump Start: Azure | http://slidesha.re/bMkk0m |
| Websites in the Cloud | http://slidesha.re/9xAvV0 |
| Managing Agile Teams - 300 level | http://slidesha.re/aOprLI |
| -->Precursor: Intro to Agile from STLDODN 2009 | http://slidesha.re/aABSWI |
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