SCALE 5x rocks...
The SCALE 5x conference has been a lot of fun... I'm currently blogging this entry from the registration booth during a lull in walk-in registrations.

Turns out this is a fabulous open-source conference... the exhibit floor has lots of local user groups representing, as well as USENIX/SAGE and LOPSA, and plenty of shiny vendor booths.

It sounds like the workshops and talks are going very well, though I haven't had time to attend them, and the Birds of a Feather sessions last night seem to have been a hit, too.

I'm sorry to have missed the Women in Open-Source miniconference that took place here on Friday, but I'm going to be sure to arrange to attend the next one.

Volunteering has been much fun, and the hallway track schmoozing and random conversations about life, the universe and everything has been fascinating and, frankly, rather intellectually energizing though physically tiring... I was pretty exhausted by the time I finished fighting traffic on the 405 to get home last night.

I think I'll try a different route home this afternoon...

I've been collecting URLs for the local user groups, and will put together a comprehensive post once I've had more time to sort through and organize all the info I carted home. :-)

Yay for SCALE 5x!!