CSUC09 Day 2 and 3
Cascade Server is a very capable CMS. when I went down to Atlanta I was under the impression that Cascade was wordpress with file management. Now I know that it is much more. Being code agnostic is pretty impressive but cascade’s real power is the ability to merry XML data definitions to XSLT stylesheets and translate that into compiled static pages. I learned a lot in my two days in Atlanta. Mostly from the other users at the conference… especially the boys from the University of Montana and the Canadian’s (University of Saskatchewan). The entire conference was a blast. The drive home was a different matter.
In my last post I mentioned going through Nantahala and how it was worth the extra time it took. well I wish I could say that it was extra time. I took the interstate on the way back and that turned out to be a huge mistake. I got stuck in traffic in Atlanta for two hours, drove across two states, and then got stuck in traffic in Charlotte for two hours. so total drive time was about 9-10 hours versus the 7 it took me to get down there. needless to say if I go back I’ll be taking the route in my previous post, down HWY 19.
Again great time meeting people and learning about higher ed web development.
David Bates
CSUC09 Day 1 (The Drive Down)
Morning all,
Today is the first day of CSUC09 (Cascade Server User’s Conference 2009). I am excited about what I am going to learn today and even more excited about the people I am going to meet. I have already met @KevWorks, @nShontz, @danbowling, @brockbrown, and Beacon Technologies They are all great people and all very knowledgeable. But on to my drive to ATL.
I wanted to take the scenic route down to Atlanta since I never get to take my time and just drive to different places. The map above is the exact route I took and I would recommend it to anybody in the fall of the year. it was wonderful especially Nantahala, Nantahala is the most beautiful stretch of pavement I have ever been on. Waterfalls where on my left, a raging river on the right, and the smell of woodsmoke was in the air. Leaves piled on the road in many different colors just waiting for me to drive over them and kick them in the air. The road was windy and long. As I said before I would recommend it to anyone. Below is a map and images from my trip. Enjoy:
