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I’m going to the airport in a couple hours to go to WikiSym. My packing is complicated by bringing all sorts of random things with me that I wouldn’t generally bring on an international flight: signs, packing tape, conference badges, etc.
So anyway, I’m packing away, trying to figure out all the last minute details. I [...]

I spent a few days in October at WikiSym (short for “the International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration“) — an academic symposium that focuses on all aspects of wikis and how they work. Topics include research into how large wikis such as Wikipedia work, the technical aspects of wiki software, how wikis could be [...]

I am off tomorrow night to the New York City Wikiconference — a mid-size gathering of Wikimedians and friends from NYC and around the Eastern seaboard. Cary and I will be coming from the left coast (we have to represent!) — I’m not sure if anyone else is. This is the first regional Wikimedia conference [...]

identi.ca’s April Fool’s joke, in which they impersonated Twitter, was my favorite; though it took a pretty deep knowledge of microblogging politics to think it was funny. GMail’s isn’t bad either, though Google proper’s is a bit snarkier than usual. Long live April Fool’s jokes on the Internet! If you ever get committed to [...]

I am going to Seattle in 21 hours. Woo! I’ll be there for the rest of the week, gettin’ all librarian-y. As usual message me to meet up. I am looking forward to blowing this pop stand, tiny new red computer in tow. It is the first conference for my new baby, which [...]

And now I’m on my way back through Texas! With the excellent company of Mr. , I’m making my way back towards California, for New Year’s. Christmas was good; it was great to see all of my family. I miss them all.
You’ll be pleased to know I got a speeding ticket in west Texas. WEst [...]

I always write a lot privately about traveling but never post very much publicly about my trips — usually because I’m too exhausted. This gets complaints. So here are some things before I forget, in reverse order:
* I am in a hotel in El Paso, where I-10 comes swooping down from the mountains and you [...]