CodePlex in the Deep South

For the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I went home to spend time with family, and thought why not speak to as many user groups as possible while I was down there. Little did I know I would be dodging hurricanes and tornadoes the entire trip.

Nonetheless, I spoke about CodePlex at DevLink in Tennessee, and in various states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. I also spoke to a computer science high school class at Rummel high school in New Orleans about open source and CodePlex. When did high school students become so young?

Here are some pictures from the trip.

on the farm in Houston, Mississippi (outside Tupelo)

at the birthplace of Elvis in Tupelo, Mississippi

at Elvis’s childhood home on the swing where he played the guitar

at the Waffle House where you can get your hashbrowns smothered, covered, scattered, diced, topped, peppered, capped, chunked…

at the Cracker Barrel – a popular restaurant chain in the South.

at the .NET User Groups for Birmingham, AL

at the Alabama rest stop crossing the Mississippi – Alabama border on I-10.

at Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans

at the Acadiana .NET User Group (Lafayette, LA)