Here in the Wikimania
Well.. Thanks to the people from the OSI, I made it to the Wikimania. One major thing about being here is meeting the people behind the nicknames that I knew for the last 2 years in Wikipedia. Meeting Elien, Jimbo, Danny, Anthere, SJ and others were part of the reason I am here, and I can say that I am really having a time of my life.. add to that meeting people that I am talking to for the first time, but yet having those really great talks and discussions.. and if there is one thing that I enjoy more than internet surfing, then it is definitly talking and writing :).
Today was day 1 for the events, and because I managed to have some sleep yesterday, I was able to function and participate today. The topics covered are really interesting.. it is hard to select which session to go to as we have 4 or 5 sessions at a time. My session is supposed to be in Sunday, so I better finalize the slides tomorrow.
Frankfurt turned out to be a smaller city that I expected, but definitly a really beautiful one. I guess having a river in the city adds that special thing. Sometime I wish Amman had a river.. or even a lake.. or a swamp (natural ones).. anthing :)
I am talking non-sense, so I better get some sleep. Good night all
Isam,
Glad to hear you are having a great time. Hope the rest of the event is enjoyable. Stay safe, and take some pics of the river for us if you can! :)
Hi Isam
It was a pleasure to meet you and to listen to you :-)
ant
Ah, Isam, it was delightful to meet you also. And some of the best writing about the conference brainstorming has come out afterwards. Perhaps we can arrange a little water transfer to Amman; Frankfurt needs a little dry heat, even now.