PlugLondon
Ian and Christian have blogged Saturday’s PlugLondon.
Here’s what I’d suggest. Show me stuff that I can’t read about in the API documentation (you have decent API information, right? Or you use protocols that are so obvious that they are already documented?).
I liked the rolling introductions, even though it did show up my lateness (I overslept after Geek Dinner - no excuse, I’m afraid). I like the fact that there isn’t any PR or marketing bullshit. But what would be really cool is if the demos were really practical and hands-on. Not just “we’ve got some APIs, you ought to check them out” - but rather “here’s something you can build, and here’s how you do it”. That kind of hands-on demo is much harder to do than slap slides together - I’ve done it at BarCamp and it’s frightening how many potential things can go wrong (programming is a difficult enterprise most of the time, but it’s not made at all easier if you’ve got people watching).
PlugLondon should be more about building than telling - less PowerPoint. Have some big monitors with beanbags, and let’s do some pair programming using your APIs. While PR people tell, developers do.
Anyway, that’s just my opinion. PlugLondon was a great event. Free pizza and free tab in the Bricklayers? I’d sell my (non-existent) soul for less.
One other thing that’s unrelated - can we please stop with these “
