{"id":342,"date":"2006-06-08T23:17:49","date_gmt":"2006-06-08T22:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2006-06-21T07:17:45","modified_gmt":"2006-06-21T06:17:45","slug":"ddd3-pulling-it-all-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"DDD3 &#8211; Pulling it all together&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a rough summary of what folks are saying about the third <a href=\"http:\/\/www.developerday.co.uk\">DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper<\/a> event held last Saturday, 3rd June 2006.  If you&#8217;ve blogged about DDD3 and I&#8217;ve missed you, it wasn&#8217;t intentional, please let me know and I&#8217;ll update this post.  Once again, huge thanks to the attendees, the speakers, the Microsoft events staff and catering folks, it made it a super day all round!<\/p>\n<p>[Updated]  Ben Hall enjoyed the ice cream and the freebies <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.benhall.me.uk\/2006\/06\/developdevelopdeveloper-day-3-post.html\">here<\/a>.  Ben reckoned we should aim for Level 300-400 sessions next time&#8230;point taken.<\/p>\n<p>[Updated] John Winstanley, previous speaker, write about it <a href=\"http:\/\/spaces.msn.com\/johnwinstanley\/Blog\/cns!7ACB22EFA8ABEA88!135.entry\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Updated] Tom (Albinson?) provides a good write up over <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.albinson.co.uk\/?p=29\">here<\/a>.  Again, your comments about the technical depth of the sessions are noted and will be address next time around.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Peat blogged about his take on the day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peat.me.uk\/2006\/06\/03\/developer-day-3\/\">here<\/a>.  Somehow, I didn&#8217;t get around to speaking to you, sorry!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/idunno.org\/displayBlog.aspx\/2006060401\">Barry Dorrans<\/a> enjoyed watching his slides retract after somebody at the back of the room &#8220;lent&#8221; on the switch (now I should have photographed it, but I&#8217;m sure it has a &#8220;lift up&#8221; cover protecting it).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geekswithblogs.net\/twickers\/archive\/2006\/06\/05\/80723.aspx\">Liam Westley<\/a>, his &#8220;resources&#8221; are <a href=\"http:\/\/geekswithblogs.net\/twickers\/archive\/2006\/06\/08\/81207.aspx\">here<\/a>.  Sadly he won&#8217;t be giving you \u00a35000 to start your own company, but he&#8217;ll give you a spreadsheet and some other useful tips!<\/p>\n<p>1 Chap From Blighty, Guy Smith-Ferrier writes about his day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guysmithferrier.com\/details.aspx?Entry=22\">here<\/a>.  Guy has written a book about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0321341384\/craigmurphyco-21?creative=6394&#038;camp=1406&#038;adid=1FVV91ZJ82EW2NG9N1Y8&#038;link_code=as1\">.NET Internationalisation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zi Makki has posted some photos over <a href=\"http:\/\/ddd3photos.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>.  There&#8217;s no way I poured myself a glass of wine like that&#8230;it was staged purely for the camera, honestly!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/plip\/\">Phil Winstanley<\/a> has stuck his pictures from the day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plip\/sets\/72157594154434387\/\">here<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colinmackay.net\/\">Colin Mackay<\/a> has done likewise over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/colinangusmackay\/sets\/72157594155132879\/\">here<\/a>.  Colin posts a short piece <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wdevs.com\/ColinAngusMackay\/archive\/2006\/06\/04\/13408.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nxtgenug.net\/Article.aspx?ArticleID=43\">Dave McMahon<\/a> reviews the day here.  At the same time he publishes my photograph of Dave and ex-FBI man, Ed Gibson (now Microsoft&#8217;s Chief Security Adviser).  Ed spotted Dave, instantly recognising him from the FBI&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted.htm\">Most Wanted<\/a> list.  This picture confirms Dave&#8217;s capture!  Dave&#8217;s partner in crime, not wanted by the FBI, Richard Costall publishes a short&#8217;n&#8217;sweet review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.costall.net\/blog.aspx?BID=1192\">here<\/a>.  Here&#8217;s a snap of Richard and Dave:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image343\"  alt=\"richard and dave.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/richard%20and%20dave.gif\" \/><br \/>\n[Richard and Dave &#8211; caption contest: in the comments please!]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image347\" alt=\"dave and ed - sm.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/dave%20and%20ed%20-%20sm.gif\" \/><br \/>\n[Dave&#8217;s captured by Ed!]<\/p>\n<p>I managed to catch up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harriyott.com\/index.aspx\">Simon Harriyott<\/a>, who I mistakely confused with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syncadia.com\/blogs\/st_jh\/default.aspx\">Simon Thorneycroft<\/a> &#8211; sorry SimonH, if you knew how many people I spoke to whilst at DDD3, you might be able to forgive me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonobacon.org\">Jono Bacon<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonobacon.org\/viewcomments.php?id=698\">writes <\/a>about DDD3 and the interesting date the sixth day of the sixth month of 2006 &#8211; since I am a noted Metallica fan, Slayer are on my playlist too!  Here&#8217;s a snap of Jono and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roundtripsolutions.com\/blog\/\">John<\/a> enjoying a beer:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image345\" alt=\"jono and john.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/jono%20and%20john.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mike Ormond was <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/mikeormond\/archive\/2006\/06\/03\/615904.aspx\">there <\/a>too, did you know that Word (in Office 2007) will let you post to a blog directly?  Read more about my 9 favourite things in Word <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=310\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Swan, speaker, has posted his write up <a href=\"http:\/\/weblog.vb-tech.com\/nick\/archive\/2006\/06\/05\/1605.aspx\">here<\/a>.  Nick also links to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisg.org\/\">Chris Garrett&#8217;s <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chrisgcom\/sets\/72157594155169101\/\">photos<\/a>.  Here&#8217;s one of my favourites:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image344\" alt=coffee.gif src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/coffee.gif\" \/><br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chrisgcom\/160061823\/in\/set-72157594155169101\/\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Fisher, lennybacon, makes mention of the event <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lennybacon.com\/default,date,2006-06-06.aspx\">here<\/a>.  Dan, we organised the weather too, it takes some doing, but we know the right people!  Dan&#8217;s running a conference in Dusseldorf, 27th July 2006: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfl-niederrhein.net\/\">NRW06<\/a>, I will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfl-niederrhein.net\/speakers.aspx#CraigMurphy\">there<\/a>, talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfl-niederrhein.net\/Agenda.aspx\">test-driven development<\/a>, unit testing, and automating code coverage using unit tests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfl-niederrhein.net\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image346\" alt=nrw-sm.gif src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/nrw-sm.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tags\/ddd3\" rel=\"tag\">ddd3<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tags\/community\" rel=\"tag\">community<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;a few links to what others are saying about DDD3.  And some more photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-developer-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}