Comments on: Lessons learned from organizing a local BarCamp event

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:22:31 +0000

Thanks so much, Ray! It’s great to know that these ideas are being seen and considered. I’ll look forward to your next blog post on Bootstrap, as well as your future training courses!

By: Ray Villalobos, lynda.com author

Ray Villalobos, lynda.com author — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:03:34 +0000

Hey Jessica,
That wasn’t long at all. We’re always looking for ideas of where to go next on our courses. I’m sure part of the BarCamp site will make appearances in future courses. My next blog post is going to be about putting together a quick Bootstrap page using one of the default templates. We’ve talked about doing like what you have described just yesterday. There is SO much stuff to cover in this field, that a lot of times we prioritize based on a lot of different factors. I’ll pass your comments along…that always helps make the point that we need more of that kind of stuff.

By: Ray Villalobos, lynda.com author

Ray Villalobos, lynda.com author — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:54:40 +0000

Thanks Jim. It was cool to do something for a local community, and it’s always great to hone my skills on a real project. I plan to do this next year too, so we’ll see how the project moves along.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:02:32 +0000

Thanks for the great article, Ray! Also, thank you for making the code for the website available. I took a look at it last night and picked up some good pointers.

I have a few requests for lynda.com courses that perhaps you might consider authoring. I’d love to see some “case study” type courses, and this BarCamp website seems like a great example. Rather than always siloing individual topics into their own courses, I’d love to see you create a training that walks through the process of creating something like the BarCamp website from start to finish. You’d touch on quite a few topics along the way, but that’s what I like about the idea!

Also, I recently finished Jen Kramer’s Bootstrap training, which was excellent. Perhaps lynda.com could plan to offer additional Bootstrap courses that build on that foundation.

Sorry for the long comment! Keep up the good work…

By: jim

jim — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:59:46 +0000

Very informative. Well written. Enjoyed links to different tools used. Keep the ideas coming. Putting the technology tools and people together to create a dynamic event helps others to strive just a little bit harder to achieve. Making American a better place to live. Go Made in America……