On Wednesday the 26th of August there is going to be again a conference on Software Craftsmanship, this time in Chicago.
When I first heard about the conference (Paul Pagel and Dave Hoover told me about it) I was very excited and registered immediately (in fact I was the first person to test if the registration process worked as expected 
). My excitement would soon though turn into sadness as I realized that I would not be able to make it to the conference due to other commitments. 
I would have loved to come to the conference and meet my fellow craftsmen and see the masters talking about the craft, but I am afraid that this year there will be no representation from NexWerk at SCNA. I will have to wait for the accounts from fellow craftsman Ade Oshineye and my flat mate Nuno Marques, to tell me the details from the conference once they are back in London. Obviously I will poke holes into my fellow craftsmen abroad for them to tell me details of the conference too.
On a lighter note I think the wandering book is currently in the chicago area, so it might be possible that whoever has it in his hands brings it to the conference and let’s people like Unclebob or even Richard Sennett write into the book to add some incredible accounts to it!
I wish I could have joined you guys there… maybe next year
Wishing all the best to the organizers (Obtiva and 8th Light) for a great success!
Dave Hoover
/ August 18, 2009Enrique, I wish you could have made it too. We’ll miss you. But your Wandering Book is in good hands! I will be adding my 2 cents to it, and handing it off to Eric Smith at SCNA next week.
Enrique Comba Riepenhausen
/ August 18, 2009Hey Dave!
Thanks a lot for your kind words, I will miss you guys too. The Wandering Book is yours as well, as you know, it is the property of our community, and I am just the keeper, once it returns to the workshop.
Markus Gärtner
/ August 18, 2009Me, too, will join the club of non-visitors to SCNA. A small solace is the fact that I was able to attend a craftsmanship this year already, but I would really have been glad to attend the big one, too. I fully know how you feel, Enrique.
Enrique Comba Riepenhausen
/ August 18, 2009Thank you Markus, I really appreciate it
London’s conference was great as well as the seminar we held at the workshop… But still SCNA is an event I didn’t want to miss out. Anyhow, next year is another year and we have Software Craftsmanship 2010 in London and another awesome SCNA waiting.
In the meantime I think we can arrange for more seminars at the workshop this year still. Would you like to come to London?