Back, Back, Back… GONE! Well… Reverse That…
I was in San Francisco for the How Conference this week.
The highlight of the conference itself was seeing two presentations by Hillman Curtis, one of the few "big name" web/new media designers that I really respect. His presentations were insightful, fun and inspiring. Very cool.
The highlight outside of the conference was seeing Barry Bonds hit homer number 33 of the season from great (and relatively inexpensive) seats at PacBell (a great ballpark, by the way.)
I've been waiting to see Bonds play live for close to 12 years and on the first pitch of the first at-bat I ever saw from the future hall of famer, he hit a homerun into McCovey cove. I was as happy as a little kid on Christmas. In all honesty I was choked up for about the next half inning.
The lowlight of the week was, without a doubt, being within about fifty yards of a broad daylight shooting. Hearing the sound of gunfire while on my way to lunch (at Tu Lan, a brilliant Vietnamese restaurant,) and then scampering across the street to avoid stray bullets isn't the sort of thing that I want to repeat.