Asymptomatic

Mark Jaquith is on stage at blogOrlando presenting WordPress, answering questions. It's nice to have a dev doing a presentation on the east coast. Very personable guy.

I encourage you other bloggers to get out and meet some of the folks that are involved in you software's development. Everyone's really approachable, and sometimes it's nice to get out from behind the impersonal communication of the mailing list to get a feel for what people are really thinking.

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The end of September is going to be an interesting time. I had been planning to go to Ohio again this year for Ohio LinuxFest since I went last year. It was at this event that Habari was born, when I first met Chris and Rich in person, and got to tour Columbus with veteran tour guide, Skippy. It's exciting to get together with these guys again after a year has passed to support Linux, Open Source, and Habari.

So I was looking online, remembering BlogPhiladelphia and the experience there. I remembered that BlogOrlando was happening very soon, and noticed that it's the day before LinuxFest. On a lark I created a trip itinerary in Expedia to fly out of Philly for Orlando, then go directly, from Orlando to Columbus, then come home. The price of the ticket (all legs of the journey with only one layover in DC on the way to Ohio) was a mere $243!! Considering that it would take me 9 hours to drive from here to Columbus, and then I'd do it again on the way back, I'd be spending a good percentage of that in gas alone. If I flew, I'd ditch the driving and get to spend that day in Florida with friends and bloggers. No brainer?

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