Dan & Chipp Are Traveling

[Dan Shafer]

Sorry, Judy. Just a bad attempt at humor.

I meant:

The turnout is huge, bigger than we anticipated.

But there isn't enough money in the kitty for me and Chipp to disappear.

Whew.

Back to my packing.

Dan

On Apr 17, 2005, at 11:32 PM, Judy Perry wrote:

> Hmmmm.... "the LARGEST group of developers ever signed up for such a
> gathering" and "there weren't THAT many sign-ups!"... together... in 
> not
> only the same paragraph, but the same sentence, dealing with the same
> group of folks.
>
> I don't know what to think.  And, I'm one of the "weren't THAT many
> sign-ups!".
>
> I don't know whether to feel depressed or part of a super-duper,
> exclusive, club.
>
> But looking forward to Monterey none-the-less.  At least the wine will 
> be
> great.  Or okay anyway (if you're driving Coastal-ish California from 
> the
> south, and you like good, hearty red wines, try Paso Robles!  Home of
> California's Barbera varietals).
>
> Perhaps the 'problem' if there is one is that the community is smallish
> AND widely-dispersed, meaning that any devCon will be sparsely-attended
> at best without any aspersions on the greater community at-large?
>
> Maybe it's the culture that is a compensating grace factor.  Not to be
> self-congratulatory, but a student on Wednesday asked about getting 
> all of
> my sample stacks/handouts and I pointed her to the Tabs thingy on
> RevOnline.
>
> She quite frankly was amazed.  Got things a little confused and asked 
> if I
> worked for Apple, then for Rev...and then said something to the effect,
> 'you did this for free for absolute strangers'?
>
> I had to explain that it was a valuable part of the user culture.
> Apparently not-so-well-known elsewhere.
>
> Judy
>
>
>
> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Dan Shafer wrote:
>
>> Just so those of you who are signed up for RevCon West (the LARGEST
>> group of developers ever signed up for such a gathering already...and
>> we have more than two months to go!) or have questions about it won't
>> think Chipp and I have absconded with the funds never to be heard from
>> again (there weren't THAT many sign-ups!)....
>
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