Sunday I take off for San Fran, and am pretty psyched. Christian, Jon, and I are heading to the AAAI Spring Symposium to talk robotics and concurrency with a bunch of other robotically-minded people; that fills our time between Sunday and Wednesday. Thursday, we’ll be giving a Google TechTalk, which should be very fun—at least, we’re planning on enjoying the talk immensely. Then, we’re thinking (but aren’t committed) to doing a little bit of light camping, as this time of year can be soooo nice in the Bay area.
We don’t have housing nailed down for Palo Alto Sunday/Monday/Tuesday, but I think we might just grab a hotel near Stanford. It will be a bit pricey, but otherwise, we’re dealing with cars, and parking, and commuting, and… that’s not so much fun. We’ll see.
I’ve touched base with a few friends in the area (dbort and Tzu), but I’m wondering if there’s anyone I missed. Is there anyone who reads this blog who is in the Bay area I should try and say ‘hi’ to? Is there anyone who reads this blog who knows anyone in the Bay area I should say ‘hi’ to? (I think that’s one degree of separation; more degrees of separation than that, and I suspect I only want to know them if they’re going to give me money for my ideas on fixing email, or if they want to give us a place to sleep.)
This is very, very exciting. I mean… very. Exciting. Very.
OK, so I just like talking about and playing with robots. What can I say?