Lisa Connolly

Sunday

I arrived, it was cold and wet, and there was very few people here. After getting my room, and registering I went for a walk, I was really surprised at the size of York's Campus, it is vast, but a really nice location, a mix of buildings, some interesting 1960-70's architecture.

Monday

Things kicked off with breakfast, then a break (cause I'd already registered), then a drop-in wifi workshop (yay, internet at last!), followed by lunch, and then the first plenary sessions. After the days sessions we had some free time before the conference drinks and meal, the food was very good, the band was a fantastic, and the magician was a real treat, yes you read that right, a magician

Tuesday

The second day I thought would be really tiring but surprisingly not, all the speakers were great, with tea and coffee breaks in-between and a really nice lunch. The day was finished off with a with a debate about services like facebook and twitter, compared to some peoples prefered method of communication - none other than our old friend email! Peoples main concern was 'how do you find the time?' my answer is 'how do you not?', these services not only save me time and help me stay in contact with my friends and their lives but they help me understand the community I work in, how else do you understand your user demographic than put yourself in their shoes. Rant over! We didn't really conclude on the subject, but everyone to their own, I'm sure it's still open to debate. All in all it's been great coming here cause I've started to realise all the different levels and types of people there are in the institutional web community. I would come again next year for sure.

Wednesday

Thats today, not much has happened except me re-writting my blog entry when I should be sleeping (it's now 1am). It's not really it's now 9.20am cause I only just got internet access