It's been a busy week here and I've been lax in updating my blog. It's probably a good thing to put on the chopping block -- of all the possible things going on in my life -- but I'm regretting not keeping up with it.
We had a good weekend last weekend. Maj's Mother's Day present request was to clean out all our closets in the house and take extra clothes to the Petits Frères up the street. It took most of the day Saturday, and we finished with twelve garbage bags full of clothes for the Frères. Check out Maj's photo of the pile of clothes.
Sunday morning Amita June and I made Mama a nice breakfast of waffles and (tofu) sausage. Amita's job was to stir the batter (which she did a good job at) and not to touch anything hot (not so good). That afternoon, Maj went to get a haircut at the salon down the street, and I took the opportunity to give Amita June her first haircut. I think she looks like Twiggy.
This week has been a maelstrom of activity. We have RoCoCoCamp coming up on Friday, and we're still tying all the loose ends together. I had most of my tasks done yesterday, so at the organizational meeting last night I saddled myself with more. D'oh!
I think my main work this week is going to be encouraging local Montreal tech scenesters to come. I especially want to make sure that important women in the local Internet scene are present, so I'm going to copy Hugh McGuire's invite for BarCampMontreal2 and do some link-baiting:
- Martine Page, filmmaker and journalist who's an anchor of the local blogging community
- Véro B., vodcaster and blogger and general communicator
- m-c turgeon, podcaster and blogger and founder of Stars of the Web
- Marie-Joe, who provides a crucial link between the local blogging and game communities and is obsessed with Wikipedia
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Interview
There's a really good interview with me and Maj on the Internet Brands Developer Blog. It's gotten into the short list of interviews I point press to when they want background about Wikitravel -- along with the Creative Commons interview.
I'm really glad that IB has started this blog to give the outside world a peek at what's happening out there in El Segundo. And it's also a great way for IB to highlight some of the Open Source work they're doing, like the neat-o new AJAX tool kit IBDOM.