XP Day Toronto 2007 was successful, even though attendance was down quite a bit from 2005. I am learning to be happy about a smaller event, as the more intimate setting is good for almost everyone participating. We have some changes to make to the format, but I can safely say that the experiment we call XP Day North America is mostly giving good results, so we intend to continue. Next stop, Manhattan on September 22, 2007, with details to come soon.

The XP/Agile Toronto user group hosted a session entitled “What we learned at XP Day Toronto 2007” soon after our event, featuring five talks from various people at Intelliware. It was certainly satisfying to see people excited about the event and happy with their attendance and involvement. Brian Marick certainly delivered a thought-provoking keynote and Open Space was a definite hit, thanks mainly to Deb Hartmann’s expert facilitation. One person, Jason Cheong-Kee-You, wrote about his reactions to the day at length on his weblog, which makes for good reading. If you’d like details, I’m sure he’d provide them.