http://cs.jaxdug.com/blogs/thomas_bates/default.aspxThe Decmber 5th JAXDUG meeting (Code Katas) was a bit of a first for our group. As an experimental concept, a leaderless group discussion, I believe it was successfull. At the very least, it was interesting. I enjoyed everyone being involved. I am still looking for feedback from everyone, and based on that will determine if we do it again.
One of the best points, though, was seeing a few new faces and faces I hadn't seen at the last few meetings. A special shout-out goes out to a member I only knew from the forums (see here and here). I haven't forgotten about you or that demo! I may delegate it to Thomas and the new ASP.NET SIG, though.
And don't forget, InstallFest is January 23rd!
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About Jonathan Bates
Jonathan Bates is the latest President of the Jacksonville Developers User Group.
He has had a long and storied path on the way to I.T. work. At one point, Jonathan had a near Neo-Luddite position about computers, believing them at worst to be the means to humanity's eventual slavery and at best tools for general evil. After landing a job powered by such advanced technologies as Windows 3.11 for Workgroups and MS Access, Jonathan began to change his opinion on computers. He began to believe that they might be for more than just improving the display and sound qualities on his Laserdisc movies. In time, he came to see that computers were nothing more than tools, not much different then a hammer (though not as good to drive nails with).
Jonathan Bates is an industry-certified and proven developer and trainer, facilitating the transfer of knowledge from conceptual client request to delivered and implemented solution. Jonathan enjoys sharing his knowledge and understanding about development principals with like-minded people. You can generally find him enjoying good company discussing his personal Unified Theory and how programming can be used to describe it. And if you can't find him, drop him a line with a time and place and he'll find you.
Contact him at jonathan.bates@batener.org.