The IA Summit is my most favoritest conference of the whole year. It's a wonderful mixture of old friends getting together and meeting smart, cool new folks. I hardly ever sign up for pre-con sessions (though they are AWESOME and everyone should take one sometime) because I use the first two days for hanging out the in the lobby and saying hi to folks.
This year I finally managed to talk Erik into attending with me. I think he's a little bit overwhelmed with all the people and hugging, so be gentle. But I'm so excited for him to finally meet all you guys that I'm always talking about.
I met so many wonderfully crafty IAs last year when I did my Wireframe as Art poster. I decided that this year we should have an impromptu IA Knitting Circle meeting. So pack up your yarn and needles and bring them to the poster session on Saturday night. I figure we can wander around the posters and then clump and knit. It will be great. And don't worry if you don't knit. Any crafty-type person is welcome. And even those who aren't crafty are certainly welcome. It's about getting to know each other a bit outside the work we do.
See you in the sessions!
Nice having dinner with you and Erik last night, but we did sit at opposite ends of the table, so we did not get to talk much.