Denver DevDays was Dandy

For those of you who normally read my journal for how my life is going on, you'll probably want to skip to the next post, which is going to be about haircuts and some odd luck that happened to me yesterday evening. The rest of this post is going to be a technical piece, or at least about technical pieces.

So, Denver DevDays 2004 happened in Denver yesterday, and I attended. I was fighting off a cold - had been the day before - and so a fair bit of the day involved sniffling, but even through the weariness and stuffiness, I could tell I was enjoying myself. So hopefully those of you without a cold will have enjoyed it even more.

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So - all and all an interesting day. Many interesting things to think about, and fun CDs to investigate later. But what was interesting at the end was that once everyone had filled out their evaluations, they got shuffled and drawn for various prizes. Next to last, I got drawn for a copy of Merant Professional, a product by the sponsor, Merant. It's some sort of change management code, and it's fairly expensive. But what do I *do* with it? I don't know. Anyone with any suggestions are welcome to email me or leave a comment below.

So, if there's a DevDays 2005, I'm sure I'll attend, wherever I am.

Haircuts and Job Interviews

Considering how much I enjoy receiving a hair cut, it's almost surprising how rarely I'd take them before my weight loss. I suspect it's part of my entire distate for my looks then - I wasn't going to look any better with hair long or short, so why bother?

But I do enjoy getting a haircut - the comfortable chair, the quiet surroundings of a salan, the gentle pressure of the stylist's hands on my head as she moves around and trims my hair. Normally I could almost fall asleep during it, and last night - after having spent the day with a cold at a developer's conference - I had to fight the impulse to drop asleep.

Normally I wouldn't have bothered, but I'd arranged an interview with a recruiting agency for Friday morning, and I wanted to look my best. I hadn't gotten any face-to-face interviews lately, and I'd let my hair get a bit too long for interviewing with.

And it was a good thing, too. Once I got home (and cleaned up the broken plate the cats had knocked to the floor), I checked the answering machine and found that the company that they were recruiting for wanted to see me soonest - which meant Friday morning. I hurridly called the cell phone number I had for my recruiter, and she quickly got me set up and made sure I had everything I needed for my appointment.

And it went well. I got up early, dressed up as nicely as I can, and headed down past the DTC to the interview. The company sounds fantastic, and the job seems really interesting. I tried to push my enthusiasm at them as best I can - hopefully they caught it. The interview lasted for over two hours, so I've got to hope that's a good sign.

Cross fingers and hope!