All right, I’m here in sunny San Jose for Velocity, the three-day Web operations and performance conference. It’s my first time attending as a sponsor type which is interesting. We have a whole cadre going; I flew in with Jenny and Lauren from Copperegg as part of the advance squad. Because I just got in on this gig recently, I am out at the Avatar while they’re at the Hilton nearby. On the cab ride, they got a bit agitated over a tweet claiming we’re being exclusionary over our “The Dude” promos; I guess I can see the misunderstanding but it’s a Big Lebowski theme specifically cooked up by the women in our Marketing department.
Some IHOP breakfast, a long walk from the Avatar to the convention center, and then speaker checking, where I got to chat with Mandy Walls, Vladimir Vuskan, and Andrew “Clay” Shafer. Apparently there’s a two person limit on booth setup so I don’t have to help with that. I’ll go report on Andrew’s talk, though will have to duck out early for speaker orientation for my talk.
Remember, if you can’t make it they’ll be streaming the morning keynotes on Wed/Thurs. If you are here, grab me and say “Hi!”
the agile admin 