Got back yesterday from ASPConnections. Only just got back though. Flew from Manchester via Philidelphia, and we took off from Las Vegas 2 hours late, which coincidently was the amount of time we had to change planes. So we arrive at Philly just as they start boarding; we know this because we already had boarding cards with the time on them. We debark to the announcement "last call for ...". Never a good sign when you're at one end of one terminal and the departure gate is at one end of another. I start to run, telling Alex and Tina I'll hold the plane for them. I run. I get to the gate barely alive (I'm very unfit), only to be told there's plenty of time as lots of other connecting people are just arriving too. Bugger. Flight was good though, as there was plenty of space and I snagged a double window seat for myself, so managed to sleeep.
And sleep was needed, as the prior week was sleep deprived. Not from all night gambling and drinking (I restrained from the former on only did a little of the latter), but from disturbed sleep patters and noisy neighbours. So to the man in the room next to me who insisted at being loud on the phone at 4:30 am, then having a telephone wake up call at 5am, 5:30, and 6, three days in a row, I say "you're a selfish git".
The conference itself was excellent and the talks went well. I'll make the code and slides available tomorrow. I don't know if they were my very best, but I had some good questions during and afterwards, so at least I've reached a few people. A couple of questions I need to dig into, and I've been encouranged to expand my site mapprovider and css menu to support more features. If you have sent me questions and I haven't replied it could be my spam filter - try using the feedback page and http://daveandal.net/ - that will definitely get through to me.
It was good to meet with a bunch of other speakers again, and actually hang out with a few whom I've met many times but never socialised with (Julia Lerman, Michele Leroux Bustamante, Richard Grimes, and others).
I also had a good time with Kim and Kit from SAMS, both of whom are excellent fun. Kim and I snuck out for a couple of hours one afternoon to watch The Incredibles. Fantastic film. Really, really good. Alex wanted to see it so I watched it again on Thursday evening. It's just as good the second time around. Oh, and as usual I ate way to much. Those buffets - killers.