Rael's View
O’Reilly CTO Rael Dornfest believes that we’ve trained ourselves to accept disappointment from web applications. He maintains that Web 2.0 is about apps that meet our real expectations.
Back from 'Dam
Well, I’m back from EuroOSCON, which was a pile of fun. I spent most of my time on the ‘hallway track’, occasionally dropping in on interesting talks and keynotes, but mostly just hanging around with interesting people. I took a pile of photos and still have a couple of rolls of film left to develop now I’m back home.
If you’re in Amsterdam and need a professional lab, allow me to recommend Kleurgamma. It’s always a little nerveracking taking negatives to a new lab, but they were exemplary. And they had some fantastic images hanging in their lobby…
Expect more articles about/inspired by the conference soonish.
Packing for EuroOSCON
My new combined laptop and camera bag arrived yesterday, a Crumpler December Quarter. It’s a little snug for my 17" Powerbook, but it’ll serve. The question now is, what cameras do I pack?
EuroOSCON here I come
I just got word from O’Reilly, I’ve got press accreditation for European Open Source Conference in Amsterdam next month. So I’ll be interviewing various Perl 6 luminaries and hopefully summarizing any Perl 6 hackathon activities, doing photojournalistic stuff and generally enjoying the ‘hallway track’.
I expect I’ll also try and have a word with the Ruby people as well. The last OSCON I went to was a couple of years ago in Portland Oregon. It’ll be interesting to see how the European and US versions compare.
