We’d love to talk to you some more about a line-up for next year, particularly in light of your recent post regarding diversity in conferences. At Clearleft, we were acutely aware that all of our speakers were male, but for a technical conference whose main topic was APIs, it was extremely hard to find any women who were willing and able to speak on the subject (particular emphasis on ‘willing’). We’ll try even harder next year, but as you said both sides need to take the initiative in the battle for better representation when our industry shows itself in public.

Thanks for chronicling your travels and experiences at conferences that I cannot attend. It is nice to have an idea of what is churning among tech industry mavens and gurus.