Codegarden 2010 is only a
couple of days away and to help you prepare we've put together a
list of essential knowledge and survival tips from seasoned
CodeGarden veterans. The conference SOLD OUT so we'll be 250
Umbracians together for three awesome and packed days. Here's how
you'll survive:
Finding the venue
The venue is called "Kedelhallen" (The kettle hall) and is
located on Nyelandsvej 75A, 2000 Frederiksberg. BUT Google
Maps got it mapped wrong!
Here's the street view of the venue location and the venue has
a huge chimney (see the picture above), so you can use that as a
landmark.
Be there before 8:45
The Conference starts at 9:00 sharp, but registration opens at
8.00. So help everyone by coming early and make the registration go
as smooth as possible. We're 250 people so it may take a little
time to get everyone through.
Remember cash
While food, water, coffee, etc is on the house, you might want
to buy snacks or something else at the cafe. BUT the Cafe
only accepts the Danish credit card "Dankort" or cash. So
make sure to bring Danish crowns in cash as most places only accept
Danish cash not EUR or USD.
WiFi
We've done our best to ensure as good network connections as
possible and we were going to get extra DSL landlines installed at
the venue. But in the middle of it all the telco workers decided to
go on strike and we had to improvise by buying ten wireless 3G
boxes. We'll see how that goes, but as we've said before - there's
no guarantee that you'll be able to get online, so if you need that
bring a 3g dongle!
Sun blocker
The venue has a large outside area which traditionally is used
for sessions and the weather looks
good. So remember to bring sun blocker, sunglasses and a good
tan
It's a festival - not a conference; CodeGarden doesn't
stop at 4'o clock
There's dinner and social events on both Wednesday and Thursday.
On Wednesday we'll celebrate the Midsummer by touring around the
canals of Copenhagen in two charted Canal boats with music and bar
and Thursday there's the classic and classy Umbraco Bingo with the
Umbracos. So CodeGarden does not end at 4 o'clock.
Bring your laptop
To get the most out of CodeGarden you'll need your laptop ready
to run Umbraco and likely be installed with tons of new stuff
during the conference. For more details see the prepare
for the MVC day post.
CG10 is the official hashtag
If you're adding photos to Flickr or if you
tweet
about CodeGarden make sure to use the CG10 hashtag (#CG10 on
Twitter) so it'll be a part of the backchannel.
Make it yours
CodeGarden is all about participation and you can already start to
suggest and vote topics. So if you got anything you'd like to
discuss, present or learn make sure to submit a topic
today!