You’re probably wondering why I’m jealous of the Norwegians. As you know, I live in Portugal, that beautiful place bathed by the Atlantic ocean. And now you thinking: “He lost it completely. How could he be jealous of the Norwegians? They have snow and cold when he has sun and warm temperatures. He has lovely beaches when they have nice rocks.” Well, all of that is true. But I’m still jealous and the reason is this.
The Norwegians are so luck. They have the opportunity of watching speakers like Scott Hanselman, Phil Haack, Michael Feathers, Robert C. Martin (aka Uncle Bob), Roy Osherove, Juval Lowy, Ted Neward, Michele Leroux Bustamante, Ayende Rahien, Jeremy D. Miller, Ian Griffiths, Jimmy Nilsson, Scott Bellware and Glenn Block, just to name a few. And all of them are going to be there this year. All together. Oh…I’m so jealous!!!
At some point, in the NDC site, you can find the following:
“The idea behind Norwegian Developers Conference is that it should be able to measure up against any conference in the world. All the speakers are experienced and right at the top of their respective trees.”
I don’t remember in Portugal having this quality in our developer conferences. Until when I have to wait to someone come up with a conference with this quality in Portugal? Until when I have to wait to watch Scott Hanselman or Jeremy D. Miller without having to exit my country?
In Portugal, I estimate that exists, more or less, 10.000 developers. There’s enough audience to support a conference of this quality. I hope that this post enlights someone (aka business-person) to start a similar developer conference able to rival with the best in the world.
Until next time ;)