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Warning: Long Post Ahead!
As I’m sitting on the plane heading back home, it’s hard to sort out all the great parts of the past 3 days. I started out on Friday by flying to Phoenix for WordCamp and then hopping right back on a plane to head to New York to be part of another [...]

I can’t begin to tell you how much fun I have had this year being part of WordCamp events. I’ve attended 2 (Denver, San Francisco), organized 2 (Las Vegas in January, Las Vegas as part of BlogWorld in October) and have spoken at 3 others (Reno, Los Angeles, Portland). I thought that was it for [...]

One of the greatest parts of any conference is the after parties. Have your conference in a town like Las Vegas and it’s not hard to imagine that the amount of parties available to you is mind boggling. We definitely did our share of partying, too!
Here’s what our weekend looked like:
Wednesday Night
We had friends arrive [...]

I have lived in Las Vegas for the past 7 years and I have said on many occasions since then that I don’t think I could live anywhere else after living there. One weekend trip to Portland later and I believe I may have to amend that statement. In a word, Portland is awesome!
This trip [...]

This past weekend I hit the road and traveled to Los Angeles to attend and be a presenter at the first ever WordCamp LA. It was held on the campus of Loyola Marymount University which was a great place to visit, and the room we were using was well equipped to handle the nearly 200 [...]