4 Weeks, 2 IT Conferences- April’s going to be busy

DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper Belfast- 4^th April 

DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! Day – Belfast- Saturday April 4th 2009! This FREE developer event brings DDD to Belfast! If you were unable to go to Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft PDC or conferences such as DevWeek, DDD is for you! There will be NO Microsoft speakers presenting, just speakers from the .NET developer community; although we will have many of the Irish Developer Platform Evangelists (DPEs) on hand to help out and chat to attendees.The day is put together by the community for the community, in other words you. We thank our sponsors who have helped make the event possible: Microsoft have graciously sponsored the event! 

More information and registration at: http://www.developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/belfast 

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Barcamp- 25^th April 

BarCamp Belfast is a user-generated unconference for designers, developers, startups and geeks to share and learn in an open environment. It’s taking place on the 25th April 2009 in The Black Box, Belfast. 

Speakers- More to come

Teens & T’Internet — How to understand and deal with Under 18s on the internet, how to market to them etc. (not to be taken seriously!)

— Enda Crowley (@endac)

What’s your phone number? — A talk about social networks, social engineering, simplicity, and grassroots action.

— Blaine Cook (@blaine)

Something about WordPress — Something about using WordPress

— Lee Munroe (@leemunroe)

MySQL Replication — Scaling your app using MySQL replication for redundancy & capacity . Replication Topology, sever roles, hints, tricks, tips & gotchas.

— Simon McCartney (@simonmcc)

Niche Social Networks — How to Make Millions (or maybe just a living…) from a Niche Social Network.

— Michelle Gallen (@michellegallen)

Not sure yet — Probably my microcontroller modded, with wifi frankenstein coffee roaster

— Andrew Gribben (@grib)

MatchMedia — An insight into ‘The Digital Visualisation of Competitive Sport’ a product currently in development. Philip Wilson (the products inventor) will give a view of the product, the progress being made, the partners already involved and any potential collaboration opportunities.

— Philip Wilson (@internetsense)

Engaging In Social Media — How brands are using social media (in particular Bebo) to engage with their audience

— Philip Macartney (@fubar7676)

Competitive advantage and the web — How what makes companies is changing, and what this means for you!

— Paul McKeever (@paulmckeever)

Adventures in building a web app — Short talk on experiences building a real time Javascript app atop Google AppEngine, and/or focus on application performance and why it’s of prime importance.

— David Wilson

Educating Standards — Bootstrapping web design education for the benefits of the creative community by creatively colliding the ivory towers of academia with the messy trenches of industry.

—       Christopher Murphy (@fehler)

 More information and registration: http://www.barcampbelfast.com/