Thu 26 Jul 2007
OSCON, part I
Posted at 7:06 +1000
OSCON has been a blast so far. Been good to meet up with a few people I only see once a year or so, as well as meet some people who were previously only names on mailing lists.
Had a few good conversations with Jacob, Simon and Jeremy (Dunck), amongst others about some broader Django issues and design things. So much easier to thrash out the early details face-to-face before writing up a more reasoned presentation for the mailing list.
Entering the US was not the most pleasant part of the trip. Took an inordinate amount of time to complete the queue-and-shuffle dance through immigration. Increased terror scare levels or something. Lots of questions about my intentions, return date, etc — and it wasn't just me; everybody was getting the extra attention, so it took a lot longer than normal.
Still... here now. Recovered (mostly) from the trip. Enjoying the food, conversations and company. Lots of fun. :-)
Topics: conferences/OSCon, travel