"We apologise for the slow running of this train this morning, this is due to following another train into London"
There are some causes for which you can be entirely forgiving of our decrepit rail service. Trains on the line is not one of them.
Despite the best efforts of the gods (start with a late taxi and a ticket machine refusing credit cards; add a hint of delayed trains and a missing buffet car, a garnish of choosy cash points and a side salad of emergency shopping to replace essential travel items such as phone chargers), I made it to three of the week's social networking events today.
Event one was the Scoble Pub Crawl, which saw somewhere between twenty and thirty like-minded individuals drinking for queen and country. Well done all, a thoroughly good effort. Throw in a tour of Saville Row and some sturdy Guinness, and you can't go far wrong.
Event two was a shady affair. Who are "The Internet Group"? And why do they meet in dungeons near Embankment? I can't say more for fear of being arrested by the secret secret police.
Event three was of course the Firefox party, which had a cracking turn out despite the dubious weather. A great bunch of people, I even snuck off with a set of Firefox transfers, which will shortly be adorning anything that stands still long enough to be stamped by one.
Definitely a worthwhile afternoon and evening, and a pleasure to put faces to so many names that have been on my radar.
I'm now collapsing in a hotel somewhere near Heathrow, with an industrial-sized bucket of tea. Tomorrow morning I head over to Boston for XML 2006, where I'll be delivering "Hands-on Apache Cocoon" to somewhere between 10 and 15 people, followed by immersing myself in all things XML for a few days. Should be great!
Posted by savs at December 1, 2006 12:25 PM