Getting Ready for the Web 2.0 Expo

So I’m currently in San Francisco awaiting for the Web 2.0 Expo tomorrow morning.  The flight into Phoenix was a little late requiring a run to the next gate only to find out the plane that I thought was leaving in 4 minutes was about to officially have a delay announcement made.

Flying into San Francisco was a little bumping due to weather, but we landed about 1:00PM PST.   After an interesting drive from the airport to the hotel we all realized that our hotel was a little more “interesting” then originally expected.  With no A/C, no frig, a view that looks into the other rooms about 5 feet over an alley, and a gentle smell of mothballs it definitely has us wishing we were back at the Marriott in the Tampa Airport where we spent last night.

Tomorrow will be with registration and then breakfast. 9:30 begins the Expo workshop day.  A morning workshop with Kelly Goto regarding development process and an afternoon workshop with David Black regarding Rails.  Monday beings all the keynotes that will take us through Wednesday.  While I am looking forward to learning great new things with the my trip has it is currently I find myself already looking forward to the flight home.

The time to think differently is now.

I had several blogs over the years discussing writing or philosophy, even the occasional item discussing society. Never have I created a blog around the idea of innovating the way we think about computer science, software development, and web hosting. I’ve always thought that was a bit odd really, seeing that this is my occupation.

To be honest, I never really cared to share my opinions on this topic because I didn’t really care about what people wanted to think. However things are changing and I’m starting to see the world a little differently in my industry. So I’ll use this space to discuss my thoughts. I’ll be covering several things here:

1. Production management and the product development process
2. Coding, discussing both ColdFusion, Ruby, and Ruby on Rails
3. Front-end stuff, like XHTML and CSS
4. Product testing
5. Whatever other bullshit I feel necessary

So let’s begin then.