I guess this is the definition of a geek vacation, but I much prefer Dave Burke's idea of a vacation!!

Next week I will be going to Washington D.C. for a variety of things. First I am going to get a Wintellect brain infusion at Devscovery. That will be 3 days of intense learning with John Robbins, Jeff Prosise, Jeffrey Richter (I wonder if Sara has warned him that I'm coming. Maybe I'll wear an "I Love VB" shirt. ) and some of the other Wintellects.

Then I get a day of rest with the Duthies and hopefully some real old-fashioned sightseeing! The next day (Saturday) is the Mid Atlantic Code Camp which I am sticking around for and was happy that the locals are letting me do some talks. I'm really looking forward to seeing some of my D.C. friends like Scott Lock and finally meeting Sahil Malek, Bill Ryan (unless he decides to go to Hooters or something) and some others that I have never met in person. If I'm super lucky, I'll aslo get a chance to see some of my non-geek friends I haven't seen in a while!

The line up looks awesome and there is also going to be a full day SOA track where they build an app. Heck, I'd almost skip my own talks for that! (Just kidding - I wouldn't really do that).

YOu can register for Mid-Atlantic Code Camp here. It's free and there's still room!!