Dev(Chatt);

As much as developers like ourselves love to learn, there are only so many conferences we can attend in a given year. Add to that fact that many development conferences are quite expensive and that raises the barriers even more. If you are a new developer, have just branched out into freelancing or are starting your own shop, finding the time and money to attend a conference with your peers seems like a long shot. Does this sound discouraging? Well, I have good news! If you 1) Don’t mind travelling or 2) Live near Chattanooga, TN, USA you are in luck!

Dev(Chatt); will be held in Chattanooga, TN on March 26–27, 2010.

From their website, Dev(Chatt); is described as:

…free, technology focused conference and expo for software developers, engineers, technologists and technology enthusiasts. Combining the best approaches from the unconference movement and more traditional conferences, Dev(Chatt); is both a place for attendees to grow their knowledge and to educate each other.

Great Information to Take In

Jacob Kaplan-Moss (Co-Creator of Django) and Chris Mills (Developer Relations Manager for Opera) are the two highlighted speakers, but the remaining sessions will be delivered by developers and engineers that have volunteered to speak. The topics lined up so far range from Facebook and HTML5, to Haskell and LISP.

Giving Back

Giving back to the community via participation in open source projects is really important. Just as important, however, is giving back in the form of teaching and knowledge sharing. Dev(Chatt); has a place on their site for you to register to present. I strongly encourage you to consider presenting at this event and think of it as your contribution back to the developer community!

Look Out for Jonathan

I wanted to thank one of the contributors over at Fuel Your Interface, Jonathan Cutrell, for tipping us off to this great conference. Jonathan will be in attendance at Dev(Chatt); so be sure to look him look him up if you end up attending!