Since I’ve not posted in a bit, I thought I’d take a moment to report that I’ll be in Austin, TX from Sunday to Tuesday for the JA-SIG winter conference. For those who don’t know, JA-SIG is a group that organizes open source Java projects targeted at Universities. At K-State we are utilizing their portlet framework, uPortal.
It’s a short trip and I’m not sure I’ll have much time for socializing, but if anyone knows of a couple of hotspots I should try to hit that are reasonably close to the Capitol Marriott (I will not have a car and can’t afford to spend a ton on cab fares), let me know. Can’t promise I’ll get there, but I’ll try! I understand Sixth Street is only a few blocks from the hotel, so I imagine I’ll try to check it out. Should be fun to be in town the day after the Longhorns secured their spot in the national championship game.
For those of you in Austin that are dying to meet me (yeah, right), I’ll be there again in March for SXSWi, and I expect to be a whole lot more social on that trip. :)
001 // Justin Perkins // 12.04.2005 // 7:21 PM
Have fun while you’re here :)
Sunday through Tuesday isn’t exactly the happenest time to party down, but it is Austin. You should go to Emo’s or Stubb’s, they’re right by your hotel.
I hope you like the color burnt orange.
002 // Dustin Diaz // 12.05.2005 // 1:51 PM
Java Projects eh? Neat. Sunday to Tuesday will overlap those last two days so that will be cool. Maybe I’ll see you in the distance. But be sure to catch up with your closer friends first :)
003 // Andrew Hamann // 12.19.2005 // 10:40 PM
You didn’t get shot at by Ramonce and Cedric, did you? Just kidding (wrong dates anyways) but I’m glad you enjoy all that Austin has to offer.