Mix08: My head is already in Nevada

I gotta say, this is the most excited I've been in awhile to travel. I checked in already and got a much better seat, up like ten rows from where I was. Yay!

I'm genuinely excited about Mix. The first one in 2006 was fun, and I got a lot out of it. I like these kinds of cross-disciplinary conferences because days worth of code and product demos make me want stick sharp things in my eyes. They introduce the AJAX framework at the last one, and that was very cool. Some of the sessions I intend to do also have new technologies that I haven't had enough time to dive into, so I look forward to that. There are several marketing and creative sessions that'll break up the monotony of code.

There's just something about Las Vegas that lends itself well to excitement and energy, and I suppose that something is just the sheer excess of everything. I'd consider myself a treehugger, who does well for himself but drives a cheap Toyota, and yet, I'm drawn into the excitement of that town. I can't imagine this conference, with its rock star keynotes, presentations and panel, taking place anywhere else.