OSCON 2007

July 25, 2007

I got in yesterday (what a long trip!) and will be presenting my SOLR material this morning at 10:45 in room D133.  As of last evening there wasn’t a projector in the room, so I’m not sure exactly what I’ll be doing if there isn’t one, but we’ll make it through somehow!

I bumped in to Cal Evans last night (we first met @ codemash) - he’s working on a book for the Zend Framework, which will certainly be welcomed by many out there.  I know one of my colleagues at work has tried the ZF a few times but keeps turning away because the docs/tutorials available don’t match up well with the final 1.0 release.  Turns out Cal and I have something else in common.  I haven’t mentioned it here yet, because all the paperwork hasn’t been signed, but the book I’m working on will likely be published by the same publisher - php|architect.

My travelling companion and I were a bit beat last night, so we didn’t stay too long at the Zend/MySQL bash they threw, but it was very well attended.  We sat in probably the only two seats in the place that didn’t see the food buffet, so by the time we got around to thinking “a little food wouldn’t go amiss” the line was about 25 people deep.  We skipped out for a quick bite at a place across the street, then headed back to the hotel.

I’m excited about being here.  My only worry is that I’ll miss a good track.   Like codemash, there are some time blocks with 2 or 3 very interesting topics, then others with nothing much useful for my interests.  Perhaps I’ll record a podcast interview during that time.  I brought my equipment, and am looking to try to get a few interviews before the week is done.  If you know of someone here who would make a good interview subject for webdevradio, ping me at mgkimsal@gmail.com or just call 919-455-8488 while you’re here.

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