The weekend is going to be full of Northern Voice, I can just tell. The must-dos for me are the dinner on the Thursday evening (sorry, sold out), the unconference day on the Friday (I’ll be going to the session on identity and privacy of course, and whatever else takes my fancy once I’m there), and moderating a couple of sessions on the Saturday afternoon (Nancy White and Alex Waterhouse-Hayward and Darren Barefoot). Some of the sessions I’d like to go to clash with others as is always the case at any half-way decent conference, but unlike lots of conferences this one should be extensively podcast. Not quite the same as being in a session, but a good second.
I hope to have more blogging energy after this conference. Recently I’ve felt like I’ve spent more time on meta-issues than actually blogging; I’ve been trawling for break-ins on my site and sifting through access logs most days rather than crafting prose. With all the passwords on my site now changed, and the latest WP installed, all I need to get back to writing is a bit of inspiration. In past years Northern Voice has supplied that; hopefully this year it will again.