Week 62: From the internet

November 10, 2019

Hello!
I went to Brighton on Friday to give a talk at FFConf. I had loads of fun and people laughed at my jokes and were nice about it on twitter, which felt great. FFConf is a really easy conference for me, I’ve attended before, I know loads of the attendees, and Remy and Julie who organise it are super nice. Brighton was also very nice and as usual I left thinking “yeah let’s move here”.
That talk took about 40 hours to research and write, even with reusing some bits and pieces from a workshop I had given before. I’d like to give it at some more conferences but I’ll have to run it past my 22 month old boss first.
After the conference we spent Saturday morning in Brighton with an old friend Chet. It was a bit shit because E and L were both ill, and I was extremely tired after the conference, but I did manage to squeeze in one last lunch with Suz who I’ve been friends with online for three years but had never met in person before.
It’s so amazing and intense to finally meet someone you know from the internet, and for them to be incredibly fun and easy to hang with in real life too.
I knitted E a hat but she hates it and won’t wear it >:(