It's not really huge amounts of fame, but I will be speaking at SUGDC Summer Regional SharePoint Conference. I saw a post yesterday on a blog about this event, so I thought hey why not throw out an abstract and bio see if they want me to come out. At this point I had not thought out exactly how I would get there and where I would stay. They responding today telling me that they would give me 15 minutes to speak about SharePoint and AJAX at a roundtable. I was like that is so cool, but how am I going to get here and where am I going to stay (in my head more so than to the conference owners). Somehow after speaking with the SUGDC people in charge and my company I managed to secure hotel and flight, so that I can actually attend. At the end of the day I was kind of floating on a cloud, because this kind of event is huge. I have been speaking to about 9-15 people in various Midwest User Groups or Code Camps. This event in D.C. is going to be pretty big, but it will at least give me a chance to practice for Tulsa Techfest in October. Plus I am speaking about AJAX and SharePoint, which are two of my very favorite topics these days. Every time I go to an event I am nervous at first but when I get up there it is starting to feel like I belong in front of people. It is so much fun to meet new SharePoint Devs too. I am not so sure how often I will get out to the east coast, so this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see people like Paul Galvin or Sahil Malik. Plus I get a double bonus of seeing my aunt who lives in Columbia, MD. I also may get to see my friend Navid, who moved from St. Louis to Baltimore a few months after I moved to Kansas City. It is also kind of nice to expose myself to a new area of the U.S. that I only see about once or twice a year. I have been living in the Midwest for 26 years and I feel like I am sheltered. At any rate this is going to be a lot of fun. If anyone wants to meet up let me know. I am going to try and arrive that Thursday night and will stay until the end of the event on Saturday.