Mashed Code Magazine now in Print!

Mashed Code Magazine Issue 1:

Volume 1, Issue 1, 2011

By Nick Watts in Computers

The first issue includes articles about the CodeMash conference, deep technical articles and brief contributions on a variety of software development topics. Featured articles: Jim Holmes describes the history of CodeMash and ponders the future of the immensely popular conference.Corey Haines recounts how an idea at a past CodeMash spawned a global phenomenon.Andy Hunt explores the ways in which programmers can harness their brain power m…

Mashed Code Magazine Published

Mashed Code Magazine has been published.  The magazine was developed to enhance the popular mid-west software development conference CodeMash, but it is freely available to anyone at www.mashedcodemagazine.com. The topics range across a variety of areas in software development including Java, .NET and Ruby.  The table of contents is below.

1. Holmes on CodeMash by Jim Holmes
2. Code Retreat by Corey Haines
3. Interview with Ethan Dicks by Jason Gilmore
4. Refactoring Your Wetware by Andy Hunt
5. Using HTML5 and CSS3 Today by Amelia Marschall
6. A Brief Introduction to Machine Learning by Seth Juarez
7. Mobile Interaction by Christopher M. Judd
8. Ruby, Unix and OSS Philosophy by Matt Yoho
9. Improve Your Java with Groovy by Kenneth Kousen
10. Introduction to Android Development by Jason Farrell
11. A Clojure Fairy Tale by Carin Meier
12. Web Development AntiPatterns by Mike Doel
13. Lightning Articles by Jon Kruger, Nick Watts, Matt Casto, Matt Darby, Michael S. Collier, Dana Watts and Dianne Marsh.

Thanks to the 100% volunteer staff who helped produce this magazine: Sara Williams, Matt Darby, Jason Gurik, Jason Gilmore and Michael Letterle.  They did a hell of a job in getting this magazine to publication.  If you have any suggestions or comments about the magazine feel free to comment here or fill out our short survey at www.mashedcodemagazine.com.  You can keep up with news about the magazine on Twitter too @mashedcodemag.

User Groups in Ohio/Michigan/Pennsylvania for Software Developers

I have published a list of user groups in the Ohio/Michigan/Pennsylvania area.  These user groups are only related to software development.  The list is currently maintained in a Google Docs spreadsheet, which is not editable.  If you have corrections or additions you’d like to make, just comment on this blog, message me on Twitter @thewonggei, or email me at nick.a.watts@gmail.com.

The spreadsheet can be viewed here (you do not have to have a Google account to view the spreadsheet).