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SV Code Camp V7 October 6-7 2012

Posted by Peter Kellner on April 15, 2012 @ 11:54 AM

For the 7th time in 7 years, we have a Silicon Valley Code Camp! October 6th and 7th (Saturday and Sunday). Same place as before, Foothill College in Los Altos, CA. We told past speakers a couple weeks ago so as of now, 38 sessions, likely going on 200 again. Keeping this short, here are the bullets:

1) Register ASAP
2) Spread The Word! (tweet #svcc, post, internal web sites, etc.)
3) Know any great speakers not signed up? Let them know about svcc
4) Know any interested potential sponsors? We need them also

Registration page here:

http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/register.aspx

We survive based on volunteers, if you can, make sure you mark your registration as such. Last year we had over 300 volunteers and it was hugely helpful and appreciated.

Peter Kellner @pkellner
Silicon Valley Code Camp Coordinator
http://siliconvalley-codecamp.com/
http://peterkellner.net

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Web Traffic Goes Up (no surprise)

Posted by Peter Kellner on October 11, 2011 @ 7:06 AM
Friday, Saturday,Sunday Code Camp 2010 Code Camp 2011
Page Views 53,418 68,086

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About 95% of our traffic is from California, no surprise.

 

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And if you are curious where all those people are spending there time.  It seems the new Plan to Attend view is quite popular.

 

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Silicon Valley Code Camp 2011 V6 By The Numbers

Posted by Peter Kellner on October 10, 2011 @ 5:42 PM

3416 Registered

2247 Attended

209 Sessions

225 Volunteers

507 Large Pizzas

1269 Sandwiches

5000 Bottles of Water

5670 Snack Packs

18 Cambros of Coffee

1560 Parking Spaces

 

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Almost Locked and Loaded For Code Camp V6. It’s Friday, 25 Volunteers Here For You!

Posted by Peter Kellner on October 7, 2011 @ 3:36 PM

We’ve been working now for about 90 minutes getting ready for the big event.  The weather is awesome and promises to be that for the weekend.  In the past 6 years, we have had one rainy code camp and that was plenty.  I have sneaked off to the campus library so I don’t have to write this on my phone.  I plan to put all the pictures here, then schedule them to be tweeted over the next couple hours.  If you read this, you will be ahead of the curve!

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Daniel, our Foothill College Staff Helper leaning on 1 of 2 palettes of cups from 10gen.  They always give away cups at shows so we could hardly so no.  The stats:  1100 Pounds, 1500 cups.  Big old truck.

 

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I hope everyone likes water.   6000 bottles!  Our plan is to keep ice buckets in our sponsors tables and if attendees want water with their food, guess where they have to go.  I hope it’s not to burdonsome.  After all, the event is 100% and the goodies (including the water) are paid for by our generous sponsors.

 

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Preparing the assembly of attendee bags.  We have 2000 attendee bags that will stuff with stuff from 11 Platinum sponsors.  30 seconds a bag, 8 volunteers at this task, you do the math.

 

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Some accessories for our 500 Pizza’s and sandwiches.

 

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@tammybaker123 guarding the DevExpress attendee bags.  90 or so per box, 25 boxes.

 

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Alan and Peter guarding the door (from what I’m not sure)

 

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Me!  Give me my camera back.  I have important work to do!

 

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Drove the Prius in with one load. Did not run over any students.  No one seem to care.

 

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Attendee Bag assembly line ready to go.

 

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Shirt Factory.  Besides all the shirts vendors bring, we buy very nice collared embroidered shirts for our speakers and staff.  Volunteers get a very nice T-Shirt with a custom code camp design.

 

Well, I better get back (not that anyone misses me)

Final Code Camp Email Sent With Session Details and Instructions

Posted by Peter Kellner on @ 12:10 AM

With just two day until Code Camp, things are really coming together; at last count, we have 213 presentations and 3,035 registered attendees! Registration starts at 8:30 AM Saturday morning. Parking Lots #2, #3 and #5,#6 are paid for by our sponsors so you do not need to pay $2 in those lots. All other parking at Foothill requires a fee. Follow the arrows on the paths and sidewalks to the registration desk to pick-up your name badge and Saturday Lunch ticket.

 

A map of both the campus and the classrooms is located here http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/Images/map-layout-update-2.jpg as well as on the back of your conference badge you pick up at registration. Also, please remember that the beltway around Foothill College is one-way so if you pass us, keep going around the circle and come back.

 

We will have printed copies of the schedule, but you can help us out by printing the following PDF files, which contain the session schedules for both Saturday & Sunday to bring with you.

 

http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/misc/siliconvalley-codecamp-2011-saturday.pdf

http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/misc/siliconvalley-codecamp-2011-sunday.pdf

http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/misc/siliconvalley-codecamp-2011-extras.pdf

 

(Track sessions and information can be found on the web at http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/Tracks.aspx)

All the same information is available on the full web site at http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com and is posted on our RSS feed at http://blog.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/. Please remember to provide feedback after each session by visiting the Sessions Page on the web site and choosing Session Evaluation on the lower right of each session description (see the 3rd pdf above ending in extras).

 

As guest of Foothill for the 6th year in a row, the college has asked us to be particularly careful of the following two things. 1) There is no eating or drinking in any of the classrooms and 2) In the class rooms that have computers, it is OK to use those computers to browse the internet but not to either disconnect the cables or install any software either from the web or USB. Thanks for everyone’s cooperation on this.

 

See you Very Soon!

 

Peter Kellner

Silicon Valley Code Camp Coordinator
http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com
http://peterkellner.net

Just Sent A Reminder To All Unregistered folks (who have registered before) that they need to Register!

Posted by Peter Kellner on September 22, 2011 @ 10:03 AM

Our records show that you are not registered for code camp this year on October 8th and 9th at Foothill College, and that you’ve registered in the past. We’ve got over 200 sessions up now and would love to get you registered. Click the URL below and register! We may have to restrict registration this year so sign up now before we close. Click on the link below, mark (check) which day(s) you will attend, then press the update button. It’s free and it’s soon!

http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/Register.aspx

Then, Checkout all our sessions (all scheduled now).

If you would not like to continue to receive emails, click on the above link and mark that on your registration page or simply reply to this message with unsubscribe in the subject.

Finally, and most important, Spread the Word! I can’t emphasize that enough. We get the greatest speakers in the world because you all come to hear them. Tell your co-workers, post code camp on your internal web site, stand on a corner with a sign! Whatever works, just please spread the word. You can also get some SEO love back from us from your post about code camp. Read about that here: http://blog.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/2011/09/22/get-a-link-from-silicon-valley-code-camps-web-site-back-to-you/

Peter Kellner
http://peterkellner.com
Silicon Valley Code Camp Coordinator

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