codeMash

If you haven’t heard about codeMash yet then go check out their website at www.codeMash.org. This is a multi-platform (.Net, Java, PhP, Ruby, etc.) developer conference in Sandusky, Ohio.  Sessions will run on January 18th and 18th (a Thursday and Friday), but you may want to hang out at the conference center the rest of the weekend since it’s an indoor water park! You can bring the family and increase the WAF (wife acceptance factor) of the trip. The cost isn’t bad at all:

$99 for the conference before Dec 1

$149 for the conference after Nov 30th

$88/night to stay at the conference center, which includes 4 tickets to the water park (rate may change after Nov. 30th early bird period).

They are going to have several big names talking, such as Scott Guthrie. Check out all their sessions on their website and go register if you want to attend.

Given that some conferences are close to $1000 to attend just the conference, this is quite a deal.