Brush w/Greatness?
I have arrived. I have an excellent room at the Holiday Inn that overlooks Town Lake, which is really a river dammed up as it winds through town. Sometimes you get lucky. Today I am here [Google dart].
View from the room:
I think my luck runs out tomorrow b/c I am supposed to check in to the Doubletree (long story), which is a little further out (not much, but not right on the water and perhaps not within walking distance). I checked w/t/front desk here at the HI and they say their rooms are booked solid so I probably won’t be able to extend my stay.
Flights were uneventful - 1st leg to Atlanta seemed a little long b/c the legroom was not.
In Atlanta they had us all queue up to re-register at the gate, and I ended up behind this guy who looked like he was in some British rock band (sideburns, scruffy hair, 3 earrings, fancy scarf, British accent, etc.) Turns out this guy is Andy Clarke, (site) leading a panel discussion along with Jason Santa Maria that I was interested in attending on Monday. He asked me where I was from, and when I told him “Portland, Maine” a glimmer of a look passed over his face that seemed to say “They build Web sites in Portland, Maine??”. Seems like a nice guy; I think I’ll enjoy his presentation.
Yes, I gave him my business card and invited him to look me up if he was ever in Portland.
