Chris Pirillo is busy planning Gnomedex 2005 which looks like it will be in Seattle Washington sometime this summer. Originally it sounded like Las Vegas was in the cards, but with Chris’ relocation to Seattle recently, I’m guessing it’ll be easier to organize if it’s in the Northwest. Had a great time last year and I hope to go again if I can.
The wait was longer than expected, but the new paint job on my Dodge truck is finally finished. Check out the photos which I’ve posted to Flickr. I bought the truck earlier this year from a good friend. It’s in great shape mechanically, but the roof and hood paint was beyond fading (and had started to come off in spots). It wasn’t cheap, but now the truck looks brand-new. (Of course, now I’ll be more paranoid about where I park…don’t want any dents!)
At Gnomedex a few weeks back, a couple of friends introduced me to “Lazy Man’s Margaritas” which were quite tasty: Equal parts: * Tequila, 100% agave (don’t use the cheap stuff) * Odwalla Summertime Lime Served over ice, these babies are just awesome. Perfect for when you’re on-the-go.
The Gnomedex conference continues today… The Future of Online Content started well including discussions about the lack of individual blogging voices from big publishers (like NYTimes). Jason Calacanis gave some good insight behind Weblogs Inc; he mentioned being prepared for lawsuits which led to an interesting discussion (including apparently a cease-and-desist order from palmOne, probably about the Treo 650 pictures on Engadget.com). This panel could use more focus – kind of wandered all over the place with a lot of strong personalities. Wil Wheaton gave a great talk after lunch. The talk was primarily reading from his books. At first…
The Gnomedex conference is under way this morning and it looks to be a lot of fun. We’ve got an open wireless LAN set up on the conference floor, but this morning it’s seems a little flaky. (Around lunchtime it became solid again.) My Yahoo has a special page up that points to all the bloggers who are here, along with easy “add to My Yahoo!” buttons: http://my.yahoo.com/s/gnomedex.html [Via Jeremy] Another good source for updates is Feedster. Technorati is also being pointed to by lots of folks, but the updates are often quite old and it’s not that useful. The…