A couple of years ago, I wrote a technical paper about a quick and dirty hack for getting (something geeky that none of you care about) to "reconnect" in the event of a connection issue. It was something that I thought was interesting, and it worked without having to bounce the box, which increased uptime, and it made everyone happy.
Flash forward to yesterday (Tuesday) and my e-mail inbox holding a message inviting me to present my ideas and my further work at a major conference that takes place in San Fransisco the first week of October as a guest of a major vendor.
Well, it is an honor to be nominated, but I do not know if I am going to go. Aside from my basic hatred of San Fransisco (it's like Boston without the tradition of academic excellence and four hundred years of history, and you know what I think of Boston), and the shaking and sweating I get when I think about spending three days with 40,000 people who are that geeky, I have not done anything since I put together the little paper three and a half years ago. Yep, I wrote it up and did not follow up on it. (Why? Well, because I am a normal and not an academic studying this, and I am not a technical writer/researcher.)
So, does anyone want to pretend to be me because I am not going?
Why would you not go? Who cares about how many people you would present to? All it takes is some further research and preparation. Buck up and do something extraordinary!
ReplyDeleteHave you actually been to San Francisco? It is one of my favorite places.
ReplyDelete@Dan Twice. I am an east coast guy through and through.
ReplyDeleteCome on Nedward, even I like San Francisco on occasion. Think of the bike lanes, the coffee and the beer. What would Harry Callahan do?
ReplyDeleteMatt, Did I use five or six flash drives?
ReplyDelete@JT Because I am too old at this point and not the person I was when I wrote that.
ReplyDeleteAnd it would be banal not extraordinary.