Well, I just got back from about 12 hours of great fun at the Second Annual Jacksonville Code Camp. I've got to hand it to the guys at JaxDug! They really went all out and created an agenda that was jam-packed with great information, insights, tips and tricks for just about every area of the information technology business - from professional development to success in life.

From the very start, you could tell this was going to be a pivotal event. The tone of John Spence's keynote was powerful and upbeat with great insights on being a better IT professional (really on being a better person) from the perspective of a highly-respected business improvement consultant who has presented workshops to more than 300 of the world's best known organizations. From there it just got better.

I gave a talk on Advanced Code Generation Using CodeSmith, and another on Using .NET Reflection To Create SharePoint Sites.  Then I got to hang out with fellow 'SharePoint Guys' Andrew Connell, Stacy Draper and David McNamee. I had the great pleasure of attending two of Andrew's talks - one on creating ASP.NET 2.0 web parts and the other on making the most of some new and exciting developer tools - both outstanding! Thanks, Andrew for shining the light!

There were so many great sessions - and the level of enthusiasm was so high. I was in geek heaven! Then at the end of the day, I got to share an "Ask the Experts" SharePoint panel session with David, Stacy, Andrew and Duray Akar as we fielded some pretty tough SharePoint questions. David always brings great breadth of perspective and Duray demonstrated once again why people tend to listen when he talks about SharePoint. You can tell it's coming from real experience.

All in all, a great way to spend a Saturday. Thanks again to all the folks who participated!