The O’Reilly Open Source Convention, better known as OSCON, comes to San Jose next week. And though I’m not usually one to go to big convention-like events (other than the annual State PTA Convention), my reason for going is actually thanks to my connection with the phpBB community via phpBB Weekly. So why is that?
If you’d asked me three months ago if I was going to OSCON, I would have said, “What’s that?” However, ever since the phpBB teams put together the Londonvasion 2008 conference last July in London, I’ve had a desire to organize some kind of a phpBB users meetup event here in the Bay Area. And so, last December, I started a discussion topic with the idea of putting together a users conference here in the Bay Area–a San Franvasion, if you will. That didn’t go very far, though, due to lack of ideas, resources, and money. What can I say? This is the first event I’ve ever been responsible for organizing. You’ve gotta start small to buld up some experience first.
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