Seek Nuance

ZCML, CSS hooks, portlets, viewlets, GenericSetup, customization tricks, and I18N.

I sat in the front row, and my DVR, using the ECM-DS30P, made good recordings of the instructor’s voice. But boy, the ECM-DS30P does quickly drain the battery. A fresh AAA battery lasts about five hours when I use the best recording quality.

Jon Stahl shaved off his beard, and the free bootcamp Wi-Fi was much better today. Any causality between these two facts, in either direction, would rate an 8.5 on the oddness meter.

I saw rope lines set up outside the Hard Rock Cafe. Rope lines for a Hard Rock Cafe?

Today was ZPT, TTW philosophy, portal_view_customizations vs. portal_skins, viewlets, and simple customizations. Joel Burton is an excellent instructor.

The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center sucks. Many D.C. buildings are huge, but the Reagan building outsizes almost all of them. It’s so large that I found it uncomfortable and disorienting. And sterile, bland, and cold (cold as in feeling, not air temperature). Walking around it during our breaks was depressing. Wi-Fi within it costs $13/day, which is insane! Its only positive attribute was that building security wasn’t onerous — they let you keep your laptop in the bag, and your jacket & shoes on.

A janitor threw out my nifty DVR stand during a break. Sigh. I found a nearby Starbucks, so I’ll make a new one tomorrow morning.

To those of you staying at Hotel Harrington for the Plone 2008 conference: Its Wi-Fi rocks! At least, on the third floor, in the vicinity of room 316, on a Sunday.

I’m seeing a 1Mbps download speed.

Plone 2008 EventVue page

Seattle is still the most represented city in the Plone 2008 conference’s EventVue page. Bristol, UK is still far behind. Thbbbbbtttt!

Plone 2008 conference EventVue page

Seattle is still the most represented city in the Plone 2008 conference’s EventVue page. Bristol, UK nearly spanked us, but a couple of new entries from Seattle’s contingent enabled us to maintain the first-place position.

EventVue page for Plone 2008 conference

So far, Seattle is the most represented city in the Plone 2008 conference’s EventVue “community.”

I’ll be attending the Plone 2008 conference, and one of the bootcamps prior to the conference. I’m psyched. Besides learning a ton, maybe I can find candidates interested in my Plone job opening.