preDevCamp Baltimore/DC worked out pretty well! Thanks to Alice for organizing (and the preDevCamp folks!) and all those who voyaged out to UMBC from wherever. I myself learned a few things and met some folks with very interesting projects. Feel free to leave a comment about your own experience or interest in future preDevCamps or similar meetups. There are also a couple Google Groups focusing on Pre/webOS development:

If you are in Baltimore, join: http://groups.google.com/group/webos-baltimore

If you are Washington DC or Northern Virginia, join: http://groups.google.com/group/webos-dev-dc

We have a few more books (thanks to Palm/O’Reilly) and we’ll be giving them away at future meet ups, so make sure you join a group!

For any designers out there who’d like to contribute layouts, app ideas, etc… there is a PSD with UI elements for webOS!

Thanks, Geoff Teehan!

http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?cat=88

UPDATE – 8/8/2009
As Roy has pointed out, it looks like there are only one or two of us who wanted to stick around in the area, so we’ll be caving and driving up north later today. If you managed to come across this post and were planning on heading to the VA shindig, please head on up to Baltimore.

Due to concerns regarding the venue and proximity of the updated location for the previously scheduled preDevCamp for Washington-Baltimore, which came to my attention earlier today, I’ve scrambled to ascertain consensus from preDevCamp registrants whether they would like to meet at the Maryland venue, or if they would like to try to meet somewhere closer to home.

Luckily for us, developer Roy Sutton has come to the rescue! He has taken the liberty of reserving a closed-off meeting room at the Bear Rock Cafe West Lee in Arlignton from 12-Noon to 6 PM. Please see the directions and link to Google Maps below.

12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Bear Rock Cafe West Lee
2200 N. Westmoreland St.
Arlignton, VA 22213

New Venue: Bear Rock Cafe West Lee on Google Maps

If there are any questions or concerns, complaints or threats, please feel free to email me at thyn...@thynctank.com. We hope to see you all there!

While it would be great to have a combined event for both DC and Baltimore groups, it appears there are too many folks signed up for the original venue (a Panera in Silver Spring, MD). Information on this is available on the Baltimore site.

A new venue has been proposed, but it’s in Catonsville, MD, which could be quite the drive for some devs in VA or DC.

While I’m personally not opposed to the long drive in principal, I’m not looking forward to the long drive myself, either.

Please let us know by emailing, tweeting, or calling me (703-585-4576) to let me know where to go.

And remember – there are free copies of the Palm webOS book from O’Reilly for a lucky few wherever we decide to meet up.

preDevCamp for Baltimore/DC has been rescheduled for later in the day, please have a look at the Baltimore page for specific information.

Baltimore and DC will be hosting a combined preDevCamp in Silver Spring, MD this Saturday, 8/8/09.

Details are available on the Baltimore preDevCamp site.