Presentations and Life
I presented Gnome 2.12 and Celestia at the OCLUG meeting last night. Both of the presentations went really well. In fact, I don't recall any OCLUG meeting with a reponse as positive as the one I got. The turnout was good: I estimate 30-40 people. The Gnome 2.12 presentation ended up being almost twice as long as I had planned: people kept on asking questions, including some surprisingly good ones. The Celestia presentation was very well received, with lots of "oohs" and "ahs". I did the presentation in the order of simplest to most complex features, starting with just browsing Earth, then moving around the solar system, then going out really far, then constellations and labels, then an increase in resolution and zooming in to within a very near distance of spacecraft. At first, I left it just in the opening view while giving an overview, and I got the impression that people thought it was just a spherical Google Maps. But people really seemed to like it once I started moving things. I spent a total of 80 minutes talking.

Work is going well, I am really getting into the nine-to-five schedule. Despite the fact that this week is insanely busy both in and out of work, I am enjoying it.

Over the last few days I have been doing heavy planning for going to the Boston Gnome Summit this weekend. I found a hotel at a decent price just 30 minutes from MIT. Should be fun!