Anyway

I’m in Atlanta, Geor­gia, for XML 2005. It’s the tutorial day before the con­fer­ence starts, time to do last-minute items, check the booth, try to recover from jet­lag before the big show starts tomor­row. Some­thing akin to the quiet before the storm.

Which reminds me, the clos­ing date for North­ern­Voice speaker sub­mis­sions is com­ing up soon, it’s Novem­ber 16 (Wed­nes­day). So put in those sub­mis­sions if you’re inter­ested in speak­ing at a low-key, small, inter­est­ing con­fer­ence that revolves around per­sonal blog­ging. The qual­ity of the sub­mis­sions we’ve already had is high, but more never hurt — you might come up with an idea that nobody else had!

One way or another, con­fer­ences aren’t going away, even if they’re chan­ging in emphasis and tone.