Yes, I’m alive. WiFi’s been sketchy here in BC, and my time’s been even sketchier. I feel like I’m relaxing here at the conference. It’s great.

So, here’s what’s happened this week.

Monday: Fly in. Lunch with uncle. Rest of day talking to Will Pate.
Tuesday: Breakfast with Darren. Lunch with Bryght folk. Rest of day working.
Wednesday: I don’t actually remember. But it was busy.
Thursday: Day at Microsoft. I heard “You can’t blog this” so often it’s like a rhythm in my mind.
Friday: “Open Space” discussion, which was interesting. Lunch with very cool folk from conference. Tour of CBC. Supper with smaller group of even cooler conference folk. Wish I’d recorded it, because I acted drunk in spite of having nothing to drink but the most expensive iced tea in the world.
Saturday: This is today. Hence, this entry isn’t complete. I’m sitting on the balcony listening to Tim Bray talk. He’s fun, very cool. Reminds me of my 4th grade professor (which is good). (ps: I think a well crafted ramble is an art form, Tim disagrees).

Who’ve I met? Stowe Boyd, Robert Scoble, Marc Canter, Boris Mann, Richard Ericksson (sp?) Suw Charman, Roland Tanglao, Will Pate, and loads and loads of cool people. Sadly, these are all the ones I remember right now.

What’s come up in my thought processes? Authenticity is what I crave. Anyone who’s authentic will totally be cool with me (no, this doesn’t mean you can comment here to tell me you’re authentic). The “Long Tail” can be flipped around in any direction to show entirely different principles and such. Flip it around. Look at what it means. What is more important, quality or quantity? Where is value found (is it in the creation, processing, transmitting, interpreting, amplifying…)?

Lots of good things, and that’s all pre-conference.

I will not be live blogging this event. I’m too tired. Sorry. I’ll point to anyone who does blog about this, so feel free to email me and comment, and I’ll happily link and comment on what you have to say, adding my own crappy ramblings.

Back to the conference.