four months agodConstruct and my sisters graduation, a busy week!

The banners are all printed and packed away, the badges, stickers and cards are sorted into little bowls, programs have been stickered and stuffed into little plastic wallets.

The atmosphere office-wide has been buzzing with industrious preparation (in addition to the studious client work) for the past few weeks now. Sophie is definitely the star of the conference however, the amount of herself she has given to the organisation of dConstruct is almost super human and I am sure its going to be a great conference because of it.

The speakers have already begun to arrive and the first workshops start fresh and early at 10am tommorow morning downstairs in the Digital Lounge. I will be on the door for registration and helping out with the 'Managing Community, by Design' workshop run by Lane Becker, Thor Muller and Leslie Chicoine which I am quite excited about.

Late wednesday night I will be packing Simon off to Django Con and then dashing off up to London to my sister Louise's graduation from Fine Art at Goldsmiths. I am immensely proud of her and looking forward to seeing her all gowned up and I fully intend to fuss over her as only a big sister can. I will then be dashing back to continue helping set up the dome for the main dConstruct event. The pre-party stats at 8pm in Po Na Na on East Street and I hope to see you there!

Friday will be an extraviganza of 'Designing the Social Web' with an exciting lineup of speakers and talks. We were lucky enough to get a preview of Jeremy's yesterday and I think you are in for a treat.

Once the learning is over the after-party in 'Above Audio' can begin, no better way to end a very busy week and an excuse to socialise with the tons of interesting people who are descending on Brighton this week