A couple more travel items on my agenda this year. First, I’ll be going on my annual (nearly annual anyway) family trip to Japan in the beginning of July. I’ll be there for a couple of weeks. We stay with my wife’s family in Kuwanashi, near Nagoya, on the edge of a mountain range, rice fields and farms on every side. You probably won’t see much (if any) of me on IM or twitter, though I’ll probably make a few blog posts, more likely at keithpeters.org than here. I look forward to some very scenic runs out there though. We have plenty of day trips planned, and we’ll be driving to Kyoto to spend a couple of days there as well.
After that, in August, I’m off to FiTC’s San Francisco debut! I’ve always loved SF. When I was younger, it was my goal to eventually live there. That’s probably not in the cards now, and to be honest, my coffee-table-book-concept of the city has been tempered by being there in person, but it’s still a great place that I love to visit. I’ve been there for two Flash Forwards, and a number of times for other things. I’m really glad that FiTC has taken ownership of the city, giving me an excuse to get out there again.
One of the highlights this year is that Shawn has gotten Yugo Nakamura out from Tokyo to speak. Yugo is one of the – if not THE – grandfathers of all Flash rock stars. Although I was able to visit his studio the last time I was in Tokyo, sadly, he was out sick that particular day. I did happen to notice one of my books on his shelf though, which I took down and signed for him. Cheeky, I know, but I have no regrets. 🙂
There are the usual assortment of other great speakers as well. I’ll be doing my “Programming Art” presentation. This being my last conference speaking engagement of the year, it’s most likely the last chance you’ll have to see this particular talk.
Another first is that I’ve finally convinced my wife and daughter to come out this time! I’m excited to get to introduce them to some of my world wide friends. I’m hoping that if you all tell them how awesome and godlike I am, they’ll give me a little more respect at home. 🙂 (Just kidding!) Anyway, this also means I’ll probably be out doing a bit more site seeing during the day, and probably taking it pretty easy at night.
Hope to see you in SF. Oh, and by the way, if you sign up and use the code “bit101”, you should score a 10% discount off your tickets.
great news for fitc san fran. I saw your ‘programming art’ presentation in Toronto and it inspired me to play a lot more with creating my own art out of code. I’ll be looking forward to fitc San Fran and just might have to see your presentation again.