Starting with the community site Urban Vancouver, then as the support cowboy for Bryght and Raincity Studios and now with an independent practice, I've enjoyed all of my almost 6 years with the Drupal community. In a couple of weeks, I'll fly to San Francisco to attend my first DrupalCon. With my flight and hotel booked, conference ticket registered, and a ticket to a Major League Baseball ballgame ticket received in the mail, I look forward to the 3 full days of sightseeing in the Bay Area, including the plans to take a tour of North Beach and ride San Francisco's historic streetcars.
The conference itself will present me the opportunity to meet many of the people working on the open source CMS that I admire. I'm looking forward to attending sessions and hanging out in the lobby, and in the evenings, drinking some sweet delicious beer with colleagues. Tuesday night sees me riding BART out to Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for the first time in some twenty years where I saw my favourite Blue Jay of all time, Jesse Barfield, sock a dinger. This time, without a team to cheer for, I hope to soak it all in, arriving as early as possible to catch hitting and fielding practice, then taunt and boo the Yankees until my throat is sore. Leaving the conference early means missing some fantastic-looking DrupalCon sessions from Narayan Newton and Greg Knaddison. If the baseball gods get angry and rainout the A's game, you'll see me at one of those two sessions.