Met some friends from last year, mailed some books I’ve purchased from Powell’s. Heard negative feedback from convention-goers regarding the “People for Geeks” tutorial, mainly complaints that the tutorial was condescending. I will have to keep my ears open for any other feedback.
Heard Mark Shuttleworth last night as well as r0ml. Great speeches, and r0ml has pointed out about the parallels of software development to Quintillian’s five canons/stages of oratory. “There is no new thing under the sun.” I’m trying to remember the guy who gave that odd Perl/timespace humor talk.
Finally, a sad note: Estelle Getty, also known as Sophia from the Golden Girls, passed away yesterday. Watching the Golden Girls was part of my family’s television viewing, and we would get a kick out of Sophia’s tactless wiseacre tough Sicilian persona. She will be remembered and missed.