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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Chicago Code Camp session video: Update

Well, after ripping the DV, I learned a couple things about recording sessions yourself.
1.) Try and find a cheap wireless mic to feed into the audio port, because in a decent sized room, even though everyone in the room could hear me well, the camera in the back picked up the AC unit that was running next to it far, far better than it did anything coming from the front
2.) Make sure the projector screen is right next to you or behind you. Sadly I couldn't change this one, there were a couple rooms in the conference with the projector screen on the other side, and I was in one of them
3.) Make sure you get tape that fits the minutes your presentation is for. 75 min presentation, but 60 min tape. So lost 5 minutes at the 60m mark when the camera operator changed it out
4.) Make sure whoever is doing the camera knows to go to the code instead of zooming in on you whenever you're in the process of writing code, this was my fault. It was asked of me what I wanted to do, and I didn't have an answer.

I've got to fix the audio though, trying to turn it up and what not. You can hear the guy under the camera cough a couple times, and boy, does that ever get picked up by the mic...

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Fluent NHibernate Session material from Chicago Code Camp

As promised, here's my session material

I had a great group participating in the session, so thanks group :) Hopefully it was as fun for all of you as it was for me.

I've also got the video for anyone who was unable to make it to the session, which I'll try and get up tomorrow. Stay tuned to my twitter or rss this for updates.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Apologies for the delays

I'm strapped for time right now working on the Fluent NHibernate session for Chicago Code Camp. I'll be posting more consistently after May 30th. Until then, if you're in the Chicago area, feel free to stop on by for that, and the many other fantastic sessions going on that day.