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« Viva Las Vegas -- part five | Main | ten items »

October 03, 2004

home from gnomedex

Oh man, I am wiped out.

It took me almost 8.5 hours to drive home from gnomedex, and I'm going to go fall down for a little while.

Tomorrow, I'll have a full report, which will include some poker, a lot of geeking, some really cool stuff that I think WWdN readers will like, and some thoughts on the future of this website.

Posted by wil at October 3, 2004 08:33 PM
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...and some thoughts on the future of this website.

I hate lines like that. It's like news alerts with provocative announcements like, "and there is word of a massive E Coli outbreak at several area restaurants, details at 11."
Dammit, I want the details now! [sigh]

Posted by: dave at October 3, 2004 08:54 PM

Can't wait to read what happened. And the future of this website??? Sounds ominous..... :)

Posted by: Greg at October 3, 2004 08:54 PM

Wil, was meant to attend, listened to your speach live instead, was great.

Posted by: Lee Wilkins at October 3, 2004 08:57 PM

The future of the site is all cool stuff. Nothing to worry about . . . but I'm glad you care!

:)

Posted by: wil at October 3, 2004 09:06 PM

http://www.bash.org/?62388

Heh, WWDN mentioned on bash.org ;)

Posted by: Anon at October 3, 2004 09:06 PM

Got an extra slash in that gnomedex url

Posted by: Jeremy Nickurak at October 3, 2004 09:24 PM

Get some rest Wil! You deserve it! I am looking forward to the Gnomedex report! One of these days, hubby and I will make it over for Gnomedex. One of these days.

Hmmm, thoughts on the future of this website. I hope good thoughts!?

Take care, and get some rest!

Posted by: Sue at October 3, 2004 09:40 PM

Argh.

Thanks, Jeremy fixed it.

Posted by: wil at October 3, 2004 09:58 PM

Wil you are such a DORK!!!

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Posted by: Bush at October 3, 2004 10:40 PM

Got to agree that "thoughts on" stuff is like news teasers. Glad to hear it's the lame teaser just to get you to watch, instead of the "you're all gonna die but we're making you wait until 10 to find out" teaser.

Posted by: Niki at October 3, 2004 10:51 PM

Well SOME of us are still here at the hotel. :) We finished packing up all the Gnomedex gear already and getting hte Fedex labels in place, but the place ain't the same without decent wireless access and hordes of geeks with laptops all over the place.

I came away with a lot of good ideas as well for website and blog updates, tons of RSS information and suggestions for feed updates. Some changes comin :)

-And- playing poker was cool :)

Posted by: dbs at October 3, 2004 11:01 PM

Welcome home, Wil! How cool is this...I'm just checking out your link to Gnomedex and noticed that on Friday from 2-3:30 PM, the keynote speaker was Steve Wozniak, and that at the same time on Saturday, you had the same 1.5 slot all to yourself.

I hope you got to talk to Woz. I'm sure he's far from boring -- just think of how things have changed since he was with Jobs back in their time.

I look forward to your report. The conference looks like it ewas pretty interesting. I'm jealous. Wasn't it worth the 8 hour trip? I'm sure that you didn't run into bumper-to-bumper traffic which must be common in your area of the country. Do you ever feel like you live in your car?

Sincerely,
L.

Posted by: Linda at October 3, 2004 11:05 PM

Hey Wil, did you see the "Letters" section of the new Entertainment Weekly?

They published one (only one, dammit) of the rebuttals your fans sent in about the "Whiner of the Week" bs.

It might make you feel a little better about that fiasco.

Posted by: Nick at October 4, 2004 12:14 AM

The future of the site is all cool stuff.
*relief*

Posted by: julrosec at October 4, 2004 01:08 AM

I'm glad to hear you had a great Geekout, but I totally agree with the ominousity of the "thoughts on the future of this website."

Now I've read the "all good thoughts" that you posted, but still, it's like hearing "Um. We Need To Talk....no no, don't worry, but we need to Talk."

You and your cliffhangers!!

Posted by: Erin at October 4, 2004 01:08 AM

The future of the site is all cool stuff. Nothing to worry about . . . but I'm glad you care! :)

Oh, good. I was worried after the soapbox shutting and everything, that you might pack in WWdN too.

Posted by: Van Spock at October 4, 2004 02:04 AM

Till now, I didnt know who to vote for, now because of that Repulican Spammer, its Democrats all the way for me.........J/k

Well, not about the democrat part, about the part I wouldnt know who to vote for. Maybe the new President will go after Bin Laden instead of going after a leader that his daddy didnt finish.

Peace to the Soldiers, they should be home and safe

Posted by: John at October 4, 2004 02:15 AM

Heh, I really enjoyed your performance. It was one of the best I've ever heard at any conference (and I used to plan conferences for Fawcette and CNET).

I read your book on the way home tonight. Really great stuff. I'll be checking into your blog a lot more often now. Don't know why it never really got on my radar screen before.

I love that you signed my Tablet PC.

Posted by: Robert Scoble at October 4, 2004 02:25 AM

Ooooo, cool stuff in our future? Right on! Sounds like Gnomedex was fun and productive for ya! Good deal!

Welcome back, Wil :D

Posted by: Eric in PA at October 4, 2004 03:35 AM

http://www.byte.org/blog/Photographs/Gnomedex2004/_archives/2004/10/2/153054.html

Two of my favourite bloggers in the one picture...

Posted by: Mat Hall at October 4, 2004 04:13 AM

Welcome home dude. I hope whatever you have for the future of the website is very good stuff, cause I'm happy to come on here and read it.
Relax dude, you deserve it and all I can say is take it easy for awhile, you know recharge those batteries and I can't wait to read the next post up.

Morgan

Posted by: morgan at October 4, 2004 06:03 AM

Hi Will I know you do voice acting for Teen Titans well Marvel are doing auditions on their website for voice actors for The Ultimates
Just thought I would let you know
Graeme

Posted by: Graeme at October 4, 2004 08:07 AM

Oops meant to call you Wil too many l`s

Posted by: Graeme at October 4, 2004 08:08 AM

Okay how lame is it to flood someone's comment box. Anyways! Wil you need to post up a list of some good poker books..nudge nudge.

Bryan

Posted by: Bryan K at October 4, 2004 08:10 AM

First Wil said..."and some thoughts on the future of this website

*gasp*

Then Wil said... "The future of the site is all cool stuff. Nothing to worry about . . . but I'm glad you care"!

*whew*

I thought we just might have to slingshot around the sun there for a minute.

Posted by: redrhino at October 4, 2004 08:55 AM

Wil,

Just wanted to pass along that it was a pleasure meeting you and getting a chance to play Texas hold-em. Although, you probably didn't realize it (based on my quickly diminishing chip count early), you and Brad made my funds last at least a little longer.

Also I'm looking forward to seeing you recount the story of "Texas Hold-Em And The Man Called Chicago". It sure made for a good time.

namaste

Posted by: Michael OConnor AKA Ocomik at October 4, 2004 09:33 AM

Wil,

I was on a public computer the other day and I wanted to check out your site. By accident I typed wilwheaton dot org instead of your normal address. I was shocked at what I saw. I hope you take that jerk to court.

Posted by: BoltBait at October 4, 2004 09:49 AM

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/002712.html

Posted by: The_dude at October 4, 2004 09:52 AM

Wil

I hope you had a great time. Looking forward to seeing your pics. And i hope the news is good news about your website. And is there any news about your audition?

Thanks

Terry

Posted by: Terry at October 4, 2004 10:38 AM

Yay!
I'm glad you had a good time up here in Tahoe! Sorry about the weather over the weekend (cool, windy and gray). I sent the mojo, man, but I don't think it reached it's destination.

Can't wait to hear what you did, and I'm really excited about the website! I would love to start my own now!

...ing with the queen of hearts...
(has anyone else seen this commercial)


Posted by: Louise at October 4, 2004 10:54 AM

I have terrible flu and you musn't scare poorly people like that! Future of the website my ass! Change one little thing and I'll send you my bug all the way through the internet.
...Sorry about the violent undertones, it's the painkillers talking

Posted by: Sally at October 4, 2004 11:20 AM

Hey Wil

Good to hear you had a great time. But gutted you had to close the soapbox down. It had been a small; but very important part of my life over the last 3 years. You say the future of WWDN is all cool. I hope so. I feel like I've just been called into my boss's office for a "Quiet chat". Remember this website is a direct link between you and your fans.

To quote the great Tom Baker, "A world without fans is a world without any love".

Take care Wil

Julian

Posted by: Julian at October 4, 2004 11:42 AM

I look forward to hearing about the poker and the plans for the site.
*waits patiently*

Posted by: neph at October 4, 2004 12:25 PM

I can't believe you didn't say anything about the Dodgers making the playoffs!

Posted by: Scott at October 4, 2004 12:32 PM

Wil,

It was great to meet you - here's the one good photo of us (I didn't use the dorky one, as per your request):

http://snurl.com/9j9j

=)

-- Richard Barnet

Posted by: Richard Barnet at October 4, 2004 01:47 PM

Wil,

It was great to meet you - here's the one good photo of us (I didn't use the dorky one, as per your request):

http://snurl.com/9j9j

=)

-- Richard Barnet

Posted by: Richard Barnet at October 4, 2004 01:47 PM

Wil, I really enjoyed your readings and comments at Gnomedex this past weekend. I have been a big fan of blogging for years before it acquired a name. In the last few years of Byte magazine as a paper publication, the only reason I subscribed was to read Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor rants and reviews. You are carrying on in that tradition with your very personal and astute observations. I was about 5 people too far down in the book signing line, going home without your book or coveted signature. I had to resort to buying it from Amazon today. Keep up the good work on this website and your other writing. Also, keep doing to the auditions, Hollywood needs the edgy geek talent.

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