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What do you wish you knew about web development two years ago that you know today?

Posted by David Spark on October 5, 2011 @ 9:38 AM

After the first night of the Future of Web Apps Conference in Las Vegas, I asked the attendees, mostly web developers, what they wish they knew about web development two years ago, that they know today.

Dice Photo Contest – Win a Droid Bionic

At Silicon Valley Code Camp, Dice will be giving away a Droid Bionic. For a chance to win, pick up your fuzzy dice at the Dice table and tweet a picture with you and the dice or just the dice using the hashtags #gotdice and #SVCC. Term and conditions are here.

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Highlights from a 36 hour hackathon on social app development

Posted by David Spark on October 4, 2011 @ 9:37 AM

Here’s some of my coverage of SocialDevCamp Chicago 2011, where I was reporting for Dice. For more coverage and job news, check out Dice News.

The highlight at this year’s SocialDevCamp was a 36 hour developer hackathon, sponsored by Dice. I followed the entire event from beginning to end, needled the contestants on their lack of sleep and was ultimately impressed with what they delivered. Watch this short nine minute video as it summarizes the entire 36 hour event.

Dice Photo Contest – Win a Droid Bionic

Photo of dice at the end of video courtesy of Tom Tran.

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What’s the best advice anyone ever gave you about development?

Posted by David Spark on October 3, 2011 @ 12:37 PM

Here’s some of my coverage of SocialDevCamp Chicago 2011, where I was reporting for Dice. For more coverage and job news, check out Dice News.

At the opening party at SocialDevCamp, I asked attendees, all developers, what the best advice anyone ever gave them about development. Here they are passing on really helpful advice. My favorite is the last little tidbit.

Dice Photo Contest – Win a Droid Bionic

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Mobile Viewers For IPhone,Android,Windows Phone 7 From Falafel Software

Posted by Peter Kellner on September 25, 2011 @ 8:30 PM

Falafel Software has once again delivered awesome integration with our Silicon Valley Code Camp Data and the Mobile World. This year, in addition to all the capabilities we all enjoyed last year, you can now update your personal agenda in these mobile devices by simply entering your EventBoard registration email on the Code Camp Registration Page. In other words, all you have to do is create an account on the mobile applications from Falafel (called EventBoard), then enter that account name on the Registration page of Code Camp.

To get EventBoard, scan the QR Code, visit http://www.eventboardmobile.com on your desktop or mobile device and follow the download link, or simply visit the Apple App Store, Android Market, or Windows Phone Marketplace and search for "EventBoard" by name. Below is the QR Code if you want to try and scan it now.

In addition. Falafel has put together a short video that gives you an introduction.

http://eventboardmobile.falafel.com/sf3/blog.aspx

Don’t forget, it’s really important to select what sessions you plan on attending. That information helps us put sessions that have the most interest in the largest rooms. We can’t guarantee everyone will be able to attend every sessions, but doing this, gives us a fighting chance! You can use any of these mobile apps to select interest. As always, you can select interest on the web site also. The pages that allow this (assuming you are logged) are:

http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/SessionsOverview.aspx (standard html page)

http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/SessionPlanToAttendChart.aspx (fancy Sencha ExtJS 4.0 JavaScript Version)

http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/SessionPlanToAttendChartVP.aspx (same as above but customized for the IPad)

Looking forward to seeing you at code camp very soon!

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Raise your rates by becoming an influencer

Posted by David Spark on September 22, 2011 @ 10:32 AM

Every time you work on an application you’re showcasing your work. But if you work on a large collaborative project, how can someone see what contributions you made? How do people know that your development talent is better than someone else’s? You can prove your worth by exposing your knowledge and wisdom. The more you’re publicly seen as an expert, the more you become an industry influencer, and as a result you can and will raise your rates.

Please register for my Silicon Valley Code Camp session “How to become an online influencer” on Saturday, October 8th at 3:30pm. Watch the video below for an outline of what you’ll learn. And to get a head start on the class, read my Mashable article, “HOW TO: Jump-Start Your Career by Becoming an Online Influencer.”

I look forward to seeing you there.

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Get A Link From Silicon Valley Code Camp’s Web Site Back to You!

Posted by Peter Kellner on @ 12:15 AM

All you need to do is create a good little blog post, write a short paragraph on some meetup or forum, or even post to some newsfeed, and if you get more than three people clicking that link and coming back to the Silicon Valley Code Camp Web site, you can get a link posted back to your home page. It’s that easy!

For details, read the post here: http://peterkellner.net/2011/09/21/boost-your-seo-and-promote-silicon-valley-code-camp-at-the-same-time/

Of, if you’d prefer to just watch, here is a youtube video that explains it:

And if you think you just know what to do and don’t any directions, you can start here: http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/ReferralUrlLinks.aspx

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Session Plan To Attend Chart Now Available! (See Video Below)

Posted by David Spark on September 21, 2011 @ 6:23 AM

This video shows how to choose sessions you plan on attending. It will help you with a nice listing to carry with you (once you print it) as well as help us to plan the room capacities. That helps us to not put our most popular sessions in the smallest rooms.

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

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My five favorite videos from Silicon Valley Code Camp

Posted by David Spark on October 25, 2010 @ 12:00 PM

Here it is. My five favorite videos from Silicon Valley Code Camp along with the other fifteen. Tip of the hat to my editor Ray for doing an awesome job on all the videos, especially the first one. Watch.

My five favorite videos from Silicon Valley Code Camp

	Presentation horror stories
	End of Show Recap: Silicon Valley Code Camp
	Top tips for developers on creating a great user interface
	What’s your proudest developer moment?
	A great explanation of “cloud” computing in two minutes

The rest of the videos from Silicon Valley Code Camp

	Why Silicon Valley is better than Europe for entrepreneurs
	From Code to Product to Business to Brand
	Tips for developing your iPhone app
	Build custom apps fast with LightSwitch
	Patent attorney’s advice on how to protect your brilliant idea
	What is Google’s Prediction Engine?
	Foothill College’s Dean invites Code Campers
	How to bring data into a Silverlight application
	Biggest mistake in product development is not testing for scale
	What do developers need to know about networking?
	Tackling issues with Python and Google App Engine
	Tips for developing across Windows Phone 7, Android, and iPhone
	How to run a successful developer conference for five years
	Utilizing Adobe’s Flex to quickly create apps for the enterprise
	How easy is it to develop in Windows Phone 7?

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How to run a successful developer conference for five years

Posted by David Spark on October 22, 2010 @ 12:00 PM

At Silicon Valley Code Camp, David Spark spoke with the event’s two founders, Peter Kellner and Mike Murphy of Foothill College. We spoke about the venue and why it’s such an important event for developers to attend.

For more videos from Silicon Valley Code Camp, check out the “Dice Out Loud” YouTube channel and join Dice’s Facebook page. And for career news and advice in tech, read Dice News.

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How to bring data into a Silverlight application

Posted by David Spark on @ 9:00 AM

At the Silicon Valley Code Camp conference last week, I spoke with Ward Bell, VP of Technology of IdeaBlade. Bell was teaching a class about databases and how to use the identity framework to model your data. We chatted about modeling your data and ultimately about how to bring data into a Silverlight application, which is ultimately what Bell’s company, IdeaBlade, does.

For more videos from Silicon Valley Code Camp, check out the “Dice Out Loud” YouTube channel and join Dice’s Facebook page. And for career news and advice in tech, read Dice News.

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