CodeMash Afterglow

[Bruce]

Back at work today - facing the reality and issues with new insight and excitement after CodeMash.

I think you can really tell the quality of a conference, presentation, book, or conversation by the fruit that is created by the continuing conversations afterwards.  I left CodeMash with a lot more questions than answers, but with some great new "threads" opened up and new ways of looking at things that I hadn't really explored before (or ones that I had stopped looking at for some good reason I have now forgotten).  To this end CodeMash is second to none in my book for the "take away" and lasting value.  Probably a bargain at twice the price - just sayin'

What would help with the sharing and dissemination of the information from CodeMash would be if anyone had kept a collection of links to presentations, code, and/or videos from the conference - or even a way for people who are/were blogging about CodeMash to link back to a central source (this group would be nice).  I kept a list of links and resources from the presentations I attended, and will try to log/summarize.  If others have captured links or videos from their sessions that would be willing to share, I would appreciate it. 

I am really trying to take some of the lessons learned and conversations started at CodeMash and continue them for a good while going forward.

One other note, that may make me unpopular, is that the "Offensive Language" thread becomes quite relevant in the ongoing discussion as well.  I work with many people in a corporate environment where there are well understood and strong policies in place concerning "Dignity and Respect" and sharing of content that is "Not Safe For Work" etc.  And while I respect (and would fight for) the rights of people to have their freedom of speech and expression, there is the reality that choosing to exercise these rights may severely restrict the ability for the message to be transmitted and re-transmitted to keep the conversation going.  And while adult metaphors and sayings may temporarily build connections with an audience and enhance the entertainment value of the material, I feel these "wins" are short-lived and also serve as an excuse and reason to invalidate the real message behind the language which could be very powerful on its own.  So while I appreciate the use of humor, stories, and language to build bridges between a speaker and an audience, it should be acknowledged that choices made in this area can also have the perhaps unintended outcome of burning bridges in the long run.

[Steven Smith]

It would be great if there were a CodeMash blog for such things.
Maybe when next the site is updated, this could be added to it. Would
be a great way to continue the conversations.

Steve

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[Dave Swersky]

There is, of course, this very group... I see no reason why the CodeMash conversation can't continue year-round, right here on this bat-channel :)

[Dianne Marsh]

See if this works ... can you access this page and continue the discussion there?  

https://sites.google.com/site/codemash/home/commenting-about-sessions