Comments on: Stranded in… Somewhere http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:09:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Gregory Boehnlein http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-610 Gregory Boehnlein Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:55:25 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-610 Jeff, It was an absolute pleasure to have you attend and speak at our event and I apologize profusely for the incompetence of the US Airline system. I've had similar experiences, and it frustrates me to no end. Richard approached me on Friday night and explained that you were stuck in St. Louis, so we immediately stopped drinking beer and tried to figure out what the game plan was going to be. After several minutes of blank stares, dumb looks and no ideas, we decided to start drinking again. After the first sip of my beer, I suggested that we just swap you and DiBona around. See.. it was the beer that helped to get the brain cells stimulated again, so we decided at that point that we should order a couple of kegs for the After Party on Saturday night. In any case, it all worked out and Chris did a fantastic job for a fill-in keynote. Proof positive that the Open Source community just rocks.. you just would not see something like that happen so smoothly, or with so little effort in the commercial world. What started out as a potential disaster ended up working out just fine. Adaptability is one of the greatest things about Open Source, and extending that to people is pretty fantastic. Kim Brand stepped in at the final hour and pulled out another miracle for us and got a standing ovation for his "Open Source in Education" presentation that he literally had an hour's notice about! Rich Bowen also stepped up to the plate and did a talk on mod_rewrite to replace Michael Harrington's "Linux and Law Enforcement: Open Source Digital Forensics" talk. (BTW, this was the second year that we scheduled him that he didn't show up. Once bitten, twice shy!) Unfortunately I was unable to see your presentation, as the entire room was full and people were spilling out into the hallway, but we have learned a couple of things from the event this year and will be applying them to the next show. We would love to have you back, perhaps even to do another keynote! If you are interested, please mark your calendar for 9/29/2007. I'm sure if you book your flight to arrive on 9/22 you might actually get your luggage on time as well! Sincerely, Gregory J. Boehnlein Ohio Linuxfest Organizer Jeff,
It was an absolute pleasure to have you attend and speak at our event and I apologize profusely for the incompetence of the US Airline system. I’ve had similar experiences, and it frustrates me to no end. Richard approached me on Friday night and explained that you were stuck in St. Louis, so we immediately stopped drinking beer and tried to figure out what the game plan was going to be. After several minutes of blank stares, dumb looks and no ideas, we decided to start drinking again. After the first sip of my beer, I suggested that we just swap you and DiBona around. See.. it was the beer that helped to get the brain cells stimulated again, so we decided at that point that we should order a couple of kegs for the After Party on Saturday night. In any case, it all worked out and Chris did a fantastic job for a fill-in keynote. Proof positive that the Open Source community just rocks.. you just would not see something like that happen so smoothly, or with so little effort in the commercial world. What started out as a potential disaster ended up working out just fine. Adaptability is one of the greatest things about Open Source, and extending that to people is pretty fantastic. Kim Brand stepped in at the final hour and pulled out another miracle for us and got a standing ovation for his “Open Source in Education” presentation that he literally had an hour’s notice about! Rich Bowen also stepped up to the plate and did a talk on mod_rewrite to replace Michael Harrington’s “Linux and Law Enforcement: Open Source Digital Forensics” talk. (BTW, this was the second year that we scheduled him that he didn’t show up. Once bitten, twice shy!)
Unfortunately I was unable to see your presentation, as the entire room was full and people were spilling out into the hallway, but we have learned a couple of things from the event this year and will be applying them to the next show.

We would love to have you back, perhaps even to do another keynote! If you are interested, please mark your calendar for 9/29/2007. I’m sure if you book your flight to arrive on 9/22 you might actually get your luggage on time as well!

Sincerely,
Gregory J. Boehnlein
Ohio Linuxfest Organizer

]]> By: Gerald Butler http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-609 Gerald Butler Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:23:23 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-609 Saw your talk on Saturday in Columbus! It was great! You should definitely post the slides where you discussed the old Gnome configuration dialog. Hopefully it will put to rest all the "...why did you remove all the great features in Gnome 2.XX.." talk. Saw your talk on Saturday in Columbus! It was great! You should definitely post the slides where you discussed the old Gnome configuration dialog. Hopefully it will put to rest all the “…why did you remove all the great features in Gnome 2.XX..” talk.

]]> By: Rick http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-608 Rick Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:49:39 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-608 Thanks for putting up with the airlines to make it. It was great to see your talk. I love the quote you start out with. I also appreciate the time/talk at dinner. Have a great time in Boston. Thanks for putting up with the airlines to make it. It was great to see your talk. I love the quote you start out with. I also appreciate the time/talk at dinner. Have a great time in Boston.

]]> By: stephen o'grady http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-607 stephen o'grady Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:08:30 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-607 welcome to my world ;) in all seriousness, my one recommendation is to avoid the Radisson hotel near the airport. it has ant problems. or maybe that's the Cincy one, i can't remember. best bet is to try to take some of the movable benches and make a small fort ;) welcome to my world ;)

in all seriousness, my one recommendation is to avoid the Radisson hotel near the airport. it has ant problems. or maybe that’s the Cincy one, i can’t remember.

best bet is to try to take some of the movable benches and make a small fort ;)

]]> By: http://benno.id.au/blog http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-1513 http://benno.id.au/blog Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-1513 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Just like Jdub, I'm stuck in the USA. Thanks united! My flight from San Diego to Chicago ended up being delayed by two hours, which meant I missed my connecting flight to Zurich. Joy! So I'm stuck in Chicago over night. Not as bad as last time when my flight from<!--%kramer-post%--> Just like Jdub, I’m stuck in the USA. Thanks united! My flight from San Diego to Chicago ended up being delayed by two hours, which meant I missed my connecting flight to Zurich. Joy! So I’m stuck in Chicago over night. Not as bad as last time when my flight from

]]> By: Linux Blog Aggregator http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-1514 Linux Blog Aggregator Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-1514 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Stranded in… Somewhere September 30th, 2006 by jdub <!--%kramer-post%--> Stranded in… Somewhere September 30th, 2006 by jdub

]]> By: the new topyli standard http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-1515 the new topyli standard Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-1515 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Planets Joe Shaw: viewing blags and wobsites Davyd Madeley: NetworkManager, PPTP and the sweet, sweet smell of success Joe Shaw: viewing blags and wobsites Jeff Waugh: Stranded in… Somewhere Jeff Waugh: Stranded in… Somewhere Pete Savage: I never thought I’d see the day <!--%kramer-post%--> Planets Joe Shaw: viewing blags and wobsites Davyd Madeley: NetworkManager, PPTP and the sweet, sweet smell of success Joe Shaw: viewing blags and wobsites Jeff Waugh: Stranded in… Somewhere Jeff Waugh: Stranded in… Somewhere Pete Savage: I never thought I’d see the day

]]> By: Planet GNOME http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-1516 Planet GNOME Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/09/30/stranded-in-somewhere/#comment-1516 <!--%kramer-pre%--> September 30, 2006 03:55 AM <!--%kramer-post%--> September 30, 2006 03:55 AM

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