Phew. We (the Beautiful One, Barbarian Kid Hordes, and me) returned last night from four days in the beautiful town of Eden.
Apart from going on an amazing Whale-Watching ocean tour thingy, the main event was the Clarion Aussie Devcon 2009. I’ll be putting up my thoughts on Clarion Folk (along with some mini interviews I did on the iPhone).
Now is the next step in my winter of crazy non-discontent!
This time two weeks from now I’ll be on a plane to San Francisco!
“You lie.” I hear you say. But no, it’s true.
PayPal Australia (Jonathan is Captain Awesome) are sending Steve and myself across as representatives from the Australian PayPal Development community.
This. Is. Going. To. Be. HUGE!
- I’ve never been overseas. And here I was thinking the Queen visit was going to be my maiden voyage from the sunburnt country.
- The idea that PayPal would find enough in me, in what I do, to send me that-a-way.
- The possibilities inherent in going to the States, to the first ever PayPal Devcon (Innovate), to meeting stupid amounts of other developers.
- Being able to bring along my guitar (and a PayPal song, awww yeah).
It’s fair to say that this has been / will be so far the biggest, most momentous year of my vocational life.
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Yay PaypalX is going to rock :)
and yep Capt Jonathan is the coolest!
Makes me giddy :)
Looking forward to annoying you with crazy anecdotes and boring stories on the plane trip Steve!
Well done Stu! Make sure you fly Qantas – at least they let you take your guitar in the cabin with you on o/seas flights. United makes you check it in as baggage.
Good timing too – with the drop in US currency, you should be able to buy the Golden Gate bridge for the lost of a local hamburger.
I was hoping to to SF in November for a conference too, as a follow up for one I did in Seattle last year, but I’ve done too much travelling already this year… :)
Oh, and don’t forget to upload the PayPal song on here afterwards….Rock On!
Ouch! Already booked in with UA. Oh well, hopefully it’ll come out the other side :)
I will look at buying the Golden Gate. Although not sure my backyard is big enough to hold it. Maybe.
PayPal song will get play here, no worries.
Think you will appreciate this: ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo
Nooooooo!!!!
Ha ha, laughed myself silly, and then cried at the possibilities, and then laughed again.
oh no dont tell him that LOL!