I don’t think of myself as photogenic
This is the least worst photo of me take recently. A free sample: Mikal at SciFoo
This is the least worst photo of me take recently. A free sample: Mikal at SciFoo
By the time I got to the SciFoo venue at the Googleplex yesterday evening, it was already swarming with other great people, most of whom I knew only by name and reputation. After some food, beer and chat in the evening sun, the event proper kicked off with a brief introduction by Tim O'Reilly and me, some very brief (3 words each) self-introductions from the other 200-or-so attendees. Then one of the most fun parts of any Foo Camp: writing the agenda. Three huge bright white boards were soon littered with pen marks describing proposed sessions. http://blogs.nature.com/wp/nascent/2006/08/scifoo_friday.html
The first Science Foo camp is being hosted by O'Reilly, Nature Magazine, and Google. I'm going and I am excited like other people.