test please delete

[BrilloPad]

Wot?

No Doggie?

She was just trying to preserve the sanity of tpd.........

[cailin maith]

Lunch for me too....I'm being taken out to lunch today One of the guys here from another office and I suspect we will have a fantastic bitching session

[Drewster]

........ I suspect we will have a fantastic bitching session

Some days are good!

[NickFitz]

Seriosly Morning How are you?

Fine thanks Scourer - off to London in a bit

[BrilloPad]

Fine thanks Scourer - off to London in a bit

ooohhh! Anywhere near bank?

[BrilloPad]

Lunch for me too....I'm being taken out to lunch today One of the guys here from another office and I suspect we will have a fantastic bitching session

That will make a change

[voodooflux]

Fine thanks Scourer - off to London in a bit

Are you off to @media?

Quite fancied that myself, particularly to hear from Messers Boulton, Clarke and Hicks.

[NickFitz]

ooohhh! Anywhere near bank?

South Bank, to be precise

[NickFitz]

Are you off to @media?

Quite fancied that myself, particularly to hear from Messers Boulton, Clarke and Hicks.

Yup, my favourite conference - very handy for getting back in touch with various people. The actual presentations are usually very good too

Andy Clarke's usually pretty good, as is Jon Hicks. I haven't actually seen Mark Boulton doing his thing before, but he's bound to be interesting.

Looking forward to seeing Molly again - I haven't seen her since @media two years ago, although we've exchanged the odd email.

Chris Wilson is good too, though somewhat hampered by having to answer every single question about what Microsoft are planning with "I can't say"

Doug Crockford should be interesting; he's a smart guy, but very opinionated. He also has a tendency to regard his opinions as absolute fact, which can lead to some interesting times during questions.

The other year at @media Ajax we had Crockford and Brendan Eich on the same bill - they each devoted decent chunks of their talks to denigrating each other's views, and indeed each other, in a variety of humorous ways

[voodooflux]

Andy Clarke's usually pretty good, as is Jon Hicks. I haven't actually seen Mark Boulton doing his thing before, but he's bound to be interesting.

It's a shame that Hicks and Oxton seem to have stopped producing The Rissington Podcast - I rather enjoyed that.

Chris Wilson is good too, though somewhat hampered by having to answer every single question about what Microsoft are planning with "I can't say"

I sense that things are changing in that respect in the Ballmer era. Although Ballmer himself has been guilty of a few drop bollocks with respect to release announcements recently, only to be reigned in (by having his statements "clarified") by marketing.

The other year at @media Ajax we had Crockford and Brendan Eich on the same bill - they each devoted decent chunks of their talks to denigrating each other's views, and indeed each other, in a variety of humorous ways

That sort of thing always makes a conference more enjoyable