SharePoint Retreat London (part 1 of 3)
Part 1 – SharePoint Retreat
Only a couple of months ago myself (@AndrewWoody) and James (@draken) were talking about ways we could help development practices in the SharePoint community. Being avid agile enthusiasts we take a close interest in other events and activities outside of the SharePoint world. One event really caught our attention, it focused on improving techniques, it had a simple format that could be tailored and was very much community focused.
In May we announced it, the worlds first SharePoint Retreat!
To make the event work, and to ensure we could always offer developers a place free of charge, SharePoint Retreat was a sponsored event. More events are being planned and we are looking to get people onboard with SharePoint Retreats around the globe (tweet me if you want to get involved as an organiser or sponsor).
The first event was held in London at the cScape offices with food an refreshment provided by 21apps becoming the joint sponsors for the event.
supported by myself and Ben Robb.
The Event
The event was sold out within a few weeks of announcement with a growing waiting list. Being summer and with the hottest day of the year predicated for the Saturday of the event we had a couple of no show’s leaving us with 10 coders – which actually worked out as a very good number.
Starting at 9am in London when Transport for London decide that people don’t need tubes on a Saturday made some of the journeys in a little hectic. Even so everyone was in, seated, eating croissants and drinking coffee by 9.30 ready to go.
Having set the problem everyone paired up ready to code…
