Holy conference, Batman.

Posted 1 year ago

Let me tell you what.

I had some mighty big plans to write about web trends, and SXSW, and DrupalCon, and all kinds of amazing stuff exactly one week ago. That is, of course, a bit before #drupalflu turned into a trending topic on Twitter.com. Today, having weathered the storm, I am a new man. Freshly shaved, freshly showered, and able to eat food again.

'Con updates will be posted shortly, along with photos and session recaps. Sadly, I won''t be able to join @walkah, @lizak, @jjeff, @mettamatt, and the Palantir gang in Austin for South by Southwest this year. It's killing me to miss all the awesome, but the better part of valor, and all that.

Instead, I will pontificate!

Fear it.

$drupalflu--; // hooray!

Submitted by Amy (not verified) on March 13, 2009 - 9:53am.

Thank you for not giving me the #drupalflu when you helped taste-test some of the Tasty Beverages from Old Dominion. For that alone, I remain your friend. The conversations were purely a bonus. :)

Feel better.

awwww

Submitted by James Walker (not verified) on March 13, 2009 - 12:02pm.

we're gonna miss you ... and it's not too late to hop on a plane! ;-)

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