The 2008 Code Camp in Tampa was a great success.  There were over 200 local and semi-remote technology professionals in attendance.  These events are great.  They let us gather with people who are similar to our otherwise unique selves.  We mingle with people who are genuinely excited about the latest technology. 

I was able to attend several interesting and enthusiastic topics.

• Data Binding LINQ to SQL in Silverlight by John McFetridge was enlightening. He demonstrated his architecture method that though it may be more work upfront the payback is in flexible maintenance and modification. 
• Building Real-World Line-of-Business applications by Brandon Kelly http://brandonkelly.com - He gave us 'cloud' level view of the 4 tiers of applications for cloud or uncoupled computing.  The newest tier being the Business/Service tier using the soon to be released product code-named Alexandria.
• AJAX client script library - Jay Kimble.  I think only Jay could make JSON be that exciting. 
• ASP.NET Dynamic Data - Amit Trivedi - If you haven't seen the dynamic data feature of VS 2008 sp1 then you have to see it. 
• An Introduction to WPF by Christopher Bennage - http://bluespire.com I was sold when he created a window and listed all the fonts on his laptop in the first 3 minutes. 
• Standing Out by Michael Knopf http://mknopf.com provided great insite into the things we can do to 1) standout a little from the crowd 2) demonstrate our true capabilities. 

There is a larger MSDN day on December 11th. http://www.msdndevcon.com/