“I wish I could go to every conference,” I said.
”Yeah, right,” Junko replied, “that's a bit grandiose don't you think?”
“You're right. Crazy idea.” I mumbled, “I wish I could go to every 'technical' conference.“
Junko rolled his eyes. “How you going to afford that? You can't convince every software conference to hire you as a speaker. Not going to happen“.
“We'll see about that,“ I snapped back. But I knew he was right.
“'Anyway, you still couldn't make it to every show,“ he laughed. “Sometimes they overlap.” Junko took a slow breath: “Matt and I are going to Gnomedex this week.” Another long exhale. “What about you? Aren't you supposed to fly to Boston on Friday?
“Yeah,“ I replied, “It should be fun too. I'm going to be real busy.“
“Doing what? Eating out every night?“ he teased, “Planning on wandering around the MIT campus to see the new computer science building. I hear it's pretty slick. Designed by Frank Gehry, ya know?“
“No, you dork,“ I said, “I'm speaking at VSLive. Thanks for reminding me about MIT though. Amy and I will have to check it out“.
Junko looked at me, a triumphant gleam in his eye. ”See,“ he said, “You can't go to Gnomedex after all. You'll be out of town.“
Gnomedex
I do wish I could make it to Gnomedex this year. It's here in Seattle so I wouldn't have to hop on a plane to attend. But, like so many times in life, I have other plans. VSLive is going to be great. I'll get to see a lot of my speaker friends (the ones I only see when on the road) and I have some great talks planned. That's what I think anyway. I guess I will have to wait and see what you think about the talks.
Chris Pirillo and Ponzi put on a great show too. Gnomedex is sold out however, so if you don't have your tickets you're out of luck.
I hear O'Reilly is giving away their cool new 'Make' magazine. I'd attend just to get a free copy .