TFI Friday, indeed.
At the end of last week I was in Amsterdam, where we tied up some Sourcesense stuff. I also got to grab those beers with Jeroen, as well as a few more of the great guys at Hippo. Always a pleasure! I also got to catch up with Thom, and spent some quality time gasping at the cost of Crumpler bags. They may be good, but not that good. I'd rather spend £200 evenly between a new bag and a trip somewhere to take photos than blowing it all on something so blatantly overpriced.
This week was a whirlwind. In London on Monday interviewing some interesting guys, as we begin to build up the Sourcesense team in the UK. Then in the evening, beers with Jeroen and Jeremy, freshly back from Guadeloupe (and looking at the photos, how envious am I?)
On Tuesday I raced up to Manchester ahead of the Open Source Consortium AGM, and was happily able to spend some time with Aid and his lovely wife.
Yesterday was the last of the Enterprise Thursday events held at UEA, which I've been occasionally popping along to as it's always interesting to hear other people's perspectives on business, and there's never a time to stop learning this stuff. I look forward to seeing the lecture series run again next year - this part of the UK is well-served for those already "doing it", but desperately needs some practical inspiration and encouragement for those still in the "thinking about it" stage.
Today I'm firmly entrenched in presentation software as I try to pull together various strands of conversation from the last few months and shape them into something sensible. I'm also still crunching through some ideas for my ApacheCon EU talk (book now!), and I've just confirmed a slot in April at the Auril Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship event on Free and Open Source Software, where I'll be discussing current business models using OSS. Something I'm quite familiar with.
There's a definite buzz in the air, and some really exciting stuff coming up. I think next month is going to be a lot of fun...
Posted by savs at March 16, 2007 4:20 PM