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Geek Crusin' [PhotoTravel]

18 months ago I spoke at the XML Excursion run by Geek Cruises. While speaking at the event was good and meeting the illustrious speaker panel (Bosak, Bray, McGrath and more - the core team that created XML) was unique and memorable, the storm on the second day made me feel worse than anything else I have ever done and I had to leave the cruise the next day at Curacao to go to another engagement.

This trip is an attempt to banish the demon - another Geek Cruise, a similar Caribbean route. So here I am, sitting on board the MS Veendam, no land anywhere in sight, accessing the internet via a wireless connection from my laptop. Last night's sunset was delicious, this morning's swell hasn't managed to make me feel ill yet. I'll keep you informed (if you can bear to think of me in the Caribbean, that is ;-)

And the event? Well, that's '.NET Nirvana', a training course run my the well-known author Jeff Prosise and a team of high-flying .NET experts. I'm along to give generalist-level talks on several evenings and generally provide a counterweight! Brave of Neil Bauman to invite a Sun speaker on a .NET event (I gather he has had what would politely be described as expressions of concern from Redmond). Neil has somehow managed to stay in business this last year despite catastrophic cuts in the two segments that constitute his business, travel and training, and he remains upbeat and lively.

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