My daughter returned from a week of camping with her cousins last night and though she had an awesome time, she was very happy to be home again with her moms and her cat. This morning she found out that I was going to be gone for 3 days this week and she wasn't pleased.
"Mommy, why do you have to be gone? I'm gonna miss you too much," lower lip quivering, staring up at me with those huge blue eyes.
"I know, baby, but I deserve to go do fun stuff too."
"Why are you going? What are doing?"
"Well, it's kind of like camp. You went to Girl Scout camp for three days and I get to go to Geek camp for three days."
Momentary pause as she considered.
"Mommy, do you still have the color comics from this week?" Alrighty then, moving right along.
So, yes, I will be at the 3 day Geek Camp known as Devscovery Redmond 2008 starting tomorrow (8/19). I'm really psyched because it's a great opportunity to get lots of technical information from the presenters/authors/gurus who are a part of Wintellect's stable. It's also time to reconnect and network, hang out with fellow geeks and take a break from the daily responsibilities of work and home.
So I'll be working today, and thinking about Devscovery and trying to figure out which sessions to go to. There are so many great ones to choose from, it really is hard to choose.
I'll be staying in Redmond, so I've got to pack, make sure my laptop gear is ready, snuggle my family, etc. Oh, and I need to find my mess kit, hiking boots, swiss army usb pocket knife ...
Posted by buggy at August 18, 2008 08:20 AM