Last week, David Book and I had the privilege of spending five days with a highly talented group of people that were committed to their personal and professional growth. I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate the graduates of Code Camp Las Vegas: Niraj Shah David Van Beveren Samantha Van Beveren Nick D'Innocenzo Emmanuel Simon Thomas Meigen Andy Kitts Jim King Miguel Madeira Rodrigues Tim Wolf Derval O'Neill Brian Foutty Ian Ritter Chris Robbins Susan Metoxen Mario Karg Danny Kessels The task at hand was daunting - basically a semester's worth of advanced coding in an intense 40 hour classroom week - and their development in that time was nothing short of astounding. Their newly honed skills will be a significant asset to the Buzztouch community. Once again - Congratulations!

It was an interesting experience and a nice mix of skills and talent and perspectives. Thank you for the opportunity to learn from a Master and to be facilitated by a Grand Maestro! -- Niraj

Thanks for all the hard work Warren!

A great experience. Thanks to Warren and the team for an exceptional learning experience. Jim

Glad you all enjoyed the camp! Tony

Thank you for all your work to make this a reality, Warren. It is a great example of starting with a clear vision, then executing on the many details to make the vision come alive. Buzztouch is blessed to have the most dynamic teacher (and premier coding ninja) in the country at its helm.

Congrats graduates! Can anyone share what they learned? LA

You guys are an inspiration to us all!!! Wanda

Warren, Thanks for all of your hard work to set up a great place to interact with and learn from David and my fellow code campers. It was an amazing experience. One which I will not soon forget. @LA - It would be hard to summarize all that we learned in such a limited space. Brian

Here's an extended version of the graduation video... http://youtu.be/nrI1uZyJs6U

Nice Vid! I know most of you from last years buzzcon but the ones I don't it was nice to put a face with the name! My friend @MadRod, @Niraj, and @Ian why didnt you three give me a shoutout...lol @bfoutly: Then email me..lol @Warren Evans: Can we get a more heads up when the next one will be so a few of us can start saving please? LA

LA we did indeed talk about you ... as in how your smiling cheer has recently been missed in these lands! Glad to have you back in full-force! :-)

I thought my ears were ringing..lol I'm happy that I am needed! LA

@LA - I did announce this event in October, which was six months ahead. Sorry you could not put something together to attend, but I'm pretty confident there will be other opportunities.

@Warren, Yes you did and didn't mean it like that..lol. I couldn't go anyways because of my mother and being her power of attorney. LA

I just finished attaching the badges to the Code Camp graduates. They look very sharp!

Very nice on the badges! Thank you!

Spiffy indeed ! With all that vertical empty space, I will have to write longer prose. H E L L O ! C H E E R S !

LOL, Niraj! You have a lot of badges.