Anyway

The XML Summer School in Oxford at the end of September was the usual mix of interesting presentations, punting, good discussions in the pubs, and wandering around old buildings. The photos I took have none of the first, little of the last, and an over-proportional number of punting and pubs, mostly because that’s when the [...]

I’ve been asked by a couple of people involved in organising conferences why they should have a conference Twitter account, so I figure it’s a general enough question to be worth blogging. Basically, it’s all about starting or continuing your conversation with those who attend, or might attend, or have attended, or are interested in [...]

I’ve never been to one of the really big conferences with thousands of people; I’ve heard the energy can be amazing, and there is always something interesting going on. I tend to find myself at smaller conferences where you have a chance to see people again whom you saw in the last talk, and can [...]