Thursday, June 12, 2003
Panda Express at my desk for lunch. Went to a San Francisco Bay Area Higher Education Web Professionals meeting. It was Beth Berrean's idea to go, and she convinced to other UCSF Web developers, Valentina Bettencourt and Gilbert Guerrero, to go as well. She drove us down in her Volkswagen station wagon, and we got dinner at Long Life Noodle Company in Stanford Shopping Center before the meeting started at 7:00 PM. It was still sunny, and it was like a revelation to see the sun again after our many days of being stuck in San Francisco's constant fog. We arrived at the meeting late (because we inadvertently got lost). We missed the first presentation, but enjoyed the rest by Scott Stocker, Judith Blankman, and Paul Nozica. After the meeting, I met Scott Stocker and Judith Blankman from Stanford and chatted with them a bit. I would have stayed longer to meet more people, but the rest of my UCSF group was tired and wanted to go. Beth graciously dropped each of us off at our homes—she was so nice to drive and even refused my contribution to her car maintenance fund. After getting home, I find out that my copy of Adobe PressReady for Windows sold for $76 (!). Who knew?!