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Everything ChatGPT at SV Code Campfire

peter@peterkellner.net
By peter@peterkellner.net Thursday, March 2, 2023

All sesions up for Silicon Valley Code Camp Valley Code Campfire. That includes the full 3 hour live stream.

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Announcing Silicon Valley Code Campfire! (Saturday Morning October 2nd)

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, September 8, 2021

We’ve decided it’s time to bring some SV Code Camp goodness back on a regular schedule. The plan is to, about once a month, do an online smallish event on Saturday mornings. We are going to kick it off with two of our favorite Code Camp past speakers, Ron Lichty and Mickey Mantle doing two sessions on Managing Programmers.

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We Still Need About 25 Volunteers For This Weekend's Event

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Click through here to learn how you can help at SV Code Camp this weekend by volunteering for a couple hours.

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GO Sessions at Code Camp!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Did you know that GO is the language that the open source projects Docker and Kubernetes are written in?

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Registration Opened Today! (July 9th 2019)

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Tuesday, July 9, 2019

We opened registration today for our 14th annual Silicon Valley Code Camp. Early bird pricing is just $25 for the weekend!

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The Goods! Everything You Need To Know To Attend

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Thursday, October 11, 2018

This is the email that goes out to the 900 people that will be Attending Silicon Valley Code Camp this Saturday and Sunday.

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PayPal Recruiting at Code Camp on Saturday

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, October 10, 2018

PayPal will have a team on site recruiting in the sponsor area at Silicon Valley Code Camp on Saturday.

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7 More Videos Posted from Code Camp!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Here are the next batch of videos posted from our recent event on October 7 and 8.

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129 Sessions Scheduled!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, September 25, 2017

Announcing our schedule of 129 sessions over the weekend of October 7-8 at PayPal Town Hall and Hosted by PayPal.

Schedule Details for SVCC #12 at PayPal Town Hall

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Call for Speakers SVCC 2017

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Thursday, May 25, 2017

Call for Speakers Announcement for SVCC at PayPal Town Hall on October 7-8, 2017

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Code Stars Summit a Big Hit!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Friday, September 30, 2016

11 Awesome workshops going on write now.  I had a chance to walk around to take some pictures and everyone was focused on learning the latest and great stuff.  Here are some very fun pictures.  You can also see them in more detail here.

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SVCC Kids Sunday Available For Signup

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Friday, September 16, 2016

Our kids track is now available for signup! It's Sunday, October 2nd all day and we limit to 200 kids so sign up now to not miss out.

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2016 Kids Call For Speakers

Arun Gupta
By Arun Gupta Tuesday, August 23, 2016

We still need several more SVCC Kids Sunday instructors. If you love teaching kids and want to give one or more 75 minute sessions, please head over to our session submission URL and make sure to check “Kid Session” when you submit your proposal.

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Code Camp Barely Two Months Away

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, July 25, 2016

Code Camp Coming Soon

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Announcing SV Code Camp 11, First Email

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Thursday, January 28, 2016

We sent our first big email announcement of SVCC 11 today. You can read the full content here including links to top speakers already with sessions posted.

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SV Code Camp Saturday Oct 3, 2015

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Silicon Valley Code Camp was in all its glory Saturday. Registration processed thousands of folks as usual, Douglas Crockford did his two awesome sessions, the food line went fast as usual and everyone had a great time. This year, we brought in a professional photographer (Michael O'Donnell) who made us all look really good. Check out these photos and you will see what I mean.

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The SV Code Camp Goods! (Everything You Need To Know)

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Thursday, October 1, 2015

Every year, 2 days before code camp we release "The Goods". This has all our sessions, rooms and final instructions. Come and get it!

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Code Stars Summit Information For Speakers and Attendees

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Thursday, October 1, 2015

Code Stars Summit is Friday October 2nd and is ready to go. If you are attending and for some reason did not receive the email, here is a copy for you with details. See you tomorrow!

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San Jose Mercury News Story About SV Code Camp

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, September 28, 2015

On the Sunday before Silicon Valley Code Camp, our local and largest newspaper ran quite a nice article about our event in their Sunday edition. You can read the full content right here.

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188 Session Scheduled! Come And Get It!!!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Our code camp schedule of 188 sessions is live! It's important that you pick your sessions as soon as possible so we can be sure to put the most popular sessions in the largest rooms. You now have multiple ways to choose the sessions you plan on attending.

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Only 59 Kid Slots Left for SVCC Kids Sunday

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Saturday, September 19, 2015

We finally have our full SVCC Kids Sunday schedule up.   If you have not signed up your kids yet, do so now before Kids Sunday fills up. You can choose any combination  of our 4 kids workshops happening all day Sunday, but you'd better hurry because workshops are filling up fast. 

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Announcing Code Stars Summit Friday 10/2 at EVG

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, August 17, 2015

Announcing Code Stars Summit Friday 10/2

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Wrapping Our First Silicon Valley Code Campfire (Managing Programmers)

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Saturday, October 2, 2021

Our first event came in just over 2 hours. We feel like it went well while at the same time, we learned a lot that will make things better next time. I managed the video controls, Tammy Baker moderated the Q&A's, Joy Tani was on standby in case our internet connection went down, and of course Ron Lichty and Mickey Mantle our awesome speakers presenting on "Managing Programmers".

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The Goods! (Everything)

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Thursday, October 17, 2019

Click through to learn everything you need to know as a registered attendee of Silicon Valley Code Camp 2019. This includes our full schedule Saturday and Sunday as well as other important details like parking.

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Pictures from October 19-20

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Friday, October 4, 2019

Our first event came in just over 2 hours. We feel like it went well while at the same time, we learned a lot that will make things better next time. I managed the video controls, Tammy Baker moderated the Q&A's, Joy Tani was on standby in case our internet connection went down, and of course Ron Lichty and Mickey Mantle our awesome speakers presenting on "Managing Programmers"

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Session Schedule Live!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, September 23, 2019

The SV Code Camp 2019 Session Schedule is Live! 107 Sessions and 11 Time Slots from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon. Pick your sessions so we make sure we put the popular ones in big enough rooms (help keep rooms from filling up). The only way we know is if you pick so please help us in that way.

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Our 13th Annual Silicon Valley Code Camp Wrapped! Pictures Here

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Having now wrapped 13 Silicon Valley Code Camps, words can't express my grattitude to our speakers, our volunteers, our sponsors, our host (PayPal) and of course all of our attendees for being part of all those events. This year in particular felt more like a family event, then a community conference. I kept hearing over and over how impressive we were as a team working together to deliver a truly memorable event. Thank you so much for being part of that.

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2 Days Before Silicon Valley Code Camp, A Few Tickets Left!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Our event starts Saturday with over 100 top technical sessions. We still have some tickets left and are offering them for 35% off! That's under $50 for two days of packed training.

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Registration Open! Oct 13-14 at PayPal Town Hall

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, June 4, 2018

Registration is now open for Silicon Valley Code Camp happening Saturday and Sunday, October 13-14. Again, it will be hosted by PayPal at their Town Hall location in San Jose

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SV Code Camp #12 Pictures Posted!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Tuesday, October 10, 2017

We had a great experience this year at PayPal Town Hall. PayPal was an awesome host and our sponsors, speakers, and volunteers were all awesome as usual.

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Microsoft Tracks Announced, Azure and Dev

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, September 13, 2017

We've got two new tracks posted from Microsoft. One on Azure and one on Microsoft Development. Our final price increase is next week, so if you are not signed up, now would be a good time to register. We are at about 85% full now.

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SV Code Camp 2017 Location Change and Update

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, April 26, 2017

I’m excited to announce that PayPal will host our 12th Silicon Valley Code Camp on October 7-8, 2017 at the PayPal Town Hall in San Jose. With this location we can significantly increase our live-streaming content, allowing people around the world to participate.

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SVCC-Opportunity Hack Won By Two Teams From SVCC

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Opportunity Hack and Silicon Valley Code Camp partnered to bring SVCC-Opportunity Hack to Silicon Valley

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SVCC - Opportunity Hack Open For Registration! (9/23-9/25)

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Friday, September 9, 2016

Our Hackathon For Good, in partnership with PayPal's Opportunity Hack is open for registration immediately. In just two weeks, 250 of us* (that's you) will be building projects for dozens of non-profits and other institutions at PayPal's Town Hall in San Jose.

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Code Stars Summit Workshops Price Increase August 16

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, August 15, 2016

Workshops Workshops Workshops!

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Code Stars Summit Workshops Announcement

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Checkout our workshops at Code Stars Summit. They all happen the Thursday and Friday before SV Code Camp (9/29-30). Some are 1 day and others are 2 days. Topics include Angular, IOS, Containers and much more.

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SVCC Kids Sunday Photos Up

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, October 7, 2015

With 200 kids and their parents at SVCC Kids Sunday there was a lot of energy to go around.  These kids spent all day learning cool technology including Raspberry Pi, Python, Minecraft Modding and many others.  6 concurrent sessions going all day long.  Check out the fun pictures from the day.

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KTVU FOX 2 Came to SV Code Camp Today

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Saturday, October 3, 2015

Very cool to have KTVU FOX 2 come to SV Code Camp today. Some great video of Douglas Crockford talking about JavaScript and a short interview with Peter Kellner, SV Code Camp Coordinator.

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Volunteer Instructions

Tammy Baker
By Tammy Baker Thursday, October 1, 2015

If you have volunteered to help out at SV Code Camp, first, thank you! We really appreciate and know how important you are. Second, you should have gotten an email but if not, here are the details. Read on...

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Progress Report 2 Days Out

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, September 30, 2015

More capacity for SVCC Sunday Kids, Minecraft Modding seats added, Code Stars Sessions Still Open

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Deciphering Room Numbers With Joy Tani at Evergreen Valley College

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, September 28, 2015

Joy has joined the staff of Silicon Valley Code Camp this year to help with all the preparation necessary to move an event of thousands of people (that's us) to a new location (that's Evergreen Valley College).  It's amazing the number of things we have to track and having Joy around to help has been amazing.

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Looking for Volunteers, Big Rewards!!!

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, September 21, 2015

We need about 250 volunteers to make SVCC run smoothly. All we ask is 2 hours and for that, you get a TShirt, Ticket to our great BBQ, a Discount on Code Stars Summit and the admiration of us and all your friends.

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Soft Skills Session Presented At SVCC By College Dean and VP Academic Affairs

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Moving SV Code Camp to Evergreen Valley College this year has been a huge effort and before we get to bogged down in details, we just wanted to let everyone know how grateful we are for the support of the college and its staff to make this happen.

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Announcing Silicon Valley Code Camp 10 at Evergreen Valley College

Peter Kellner
By Peter Kellner Monday, August 10, 2015

We are hugely excited to announce that we have an awesome venue for our 10th Silicon Valley Code Camp! We will be having SV Code Camp Version 10 at Evergreen Valley College in South San Jose

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