Hello there!
With it being exactly one week to go until CodeGarden begins, we
thought we should run through some useful information, let's
call it:
"The beginner's survival guide to
CodeGarden."
It will be what you make it!
CodeGarden is all about participating and getting involved. Not
finding the session you're in relevant? Move to another! You
make CodeGarden what you want it to be, so make sure you come
prepared to make the most of it, and most importantly, get
involved.
Leave Work at Home
It is super important to make sure you leave work at home and
make yourself unavailable to your boss, workmates & clients if
and when at all possible. At CodeGarden we want you to have a great
time and make yourself present, rather than being unsociable and
sitting in the corner checking your work emails every five
minutes. It's just good manners really. :)
Internet
It is unlikely there will be a good stable internet connection
at the venue. We will have some 3G wireless boxes which
worked reasonably well last year, but as we all know, WiFi at most
tech conferences is unreliable at best.
If you desperately need to use the Internet, which you shouldn't
really, due to the "Leave Work at Home" rule, then we recommend you
bring a 3G dongle with you.
Marketing
If you distribute marketing material (Flyers, t-shirts, etc)
without being a sponsor we'll beat you over the head with the above
aforementioned dongle, and ban you from CodeGarden forever. If
you're interested in becoming a last minute sponsor get in
touch to avoid any bruises ;)
Finding the venue
The venue is called "Kedelhallen" (The kettle hall) and is
located on Nyelandsvej 75A, 2000 Frederiksberg.
IMPORTANT! Google Maps have it mapped wrong! Here's the street view of the venue location
and the venue has a huge chimney, handy to use as a landmark.
Be there before 9:00
The Conference starts at 9:30 sharp, but registration opens at
8.00. So help everyone by coming early and making registration as
smooth as possible. There is a large number of us, so it may take a
little time to get everyone through. Take the opportunity,
meet some new people, drink some coffee, shake a few hands and
remember to 'smile.'
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 will only accept Danish
crowns, not EUR or USD.
Sun block
The venue has a large outside area which traditionally is used
for informal breakout sessions, and the weather is looking GOOD. So
remember to bring sun block, sunglasses and a hat, and look forward
to turning that LCD tan into something a bit more decent.
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 a great first day by touring around
the canals of Copenhagen in charted canal boats with music and a
bar. On Thursday, there's the infamous and classy (cough) Umbraco
Bingo. So to recap, CodeGarden does not end at 4 o'clock, make sure
you stick around!
Bring your laptop
To get the most out of CodeGarden you'll need your laptop ready
to run Umbraco. You will likely be installing tons of new
stuff during the conference, especially if you plan on attending
the new hands on track we have for you.
CG11 is the official hashtag
If you're adding photos to Flickr or if you tweet about CodeGarden make sure to use the
CG11 hashtag (#CG11 on Twitter) so it'll be a part of the backchannel.
We've also added a Flickr Group for everyone's photos, so any
photos you take, make sure to post them to this group with the
following tags: "CodeGarden11" "CG11" "Umbraco".
Also please tag yourself or other people in these photos, as they
will appear on your profile page on the CodeGarden 11
site. For example here are some photos of Niels.
Sweet! That's about everything you'll need to know to
survive this year's CodeGarden Festival.
We'll see you in a week's time when the fun begins!
The Umbraco HQ.