- Posted by liammclennan on October 8, 2009
Tonight was the first Brisbane Alt.Net Beers. I am sitting at Central station killing time before the Cleveland train arrives to take me away from the madness. The diggy billboard informs me that they can get me on the front page of Google guaranteed! Sweet.
The evening turned out nothing like the UK Alt.Net Beers, which are characterised by a fixed time limit and a single topic. Tonight was a group of nerds, ranging from mild to intense, drinking beer and discussing the failures and successes of their professional lives. For some it was enlightening, for some it was cathartic and I hope it was enjoyable for everyone. I think it is a good sign that Brisbane Alt.Net is alive and well. Lets do it again some time.
- Posted by liammclennan on July 22, 2009
I spent the weekend in Adelaide for Code Camp SA. Code Camp SA is Adelaide's version of Code Camp Oz in Wagga Wagga, which I also attended and spoke at.
The event was well organised with excellent facilities and catering. Saturday night there was a social dinner at a local pizza restaurant for the tried and true nerd / pizza combination.
I gave my presentation, 8 Reasons Why ASP.NET MVC is better than Webforms on the first day before lunch. To keep things interesting I was followed by Tatham Oddie keeping things balanced with 8 Reasons Why Webforms is better than MVC. His argument was based around the difficulty of creating composite UIs with MVC, which is a valid criticism.
Here is the ASP.NET MVC example code from my talk, including a nifty bulk geocoder for google maps.