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so, here i am in vancouver meeting with the bryght guys - super bloggers that they are, and i haven't made a single entry (been here since monday). read on for a brief recap.
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<strong>monday</strong>: i arrived hassle free in the early afternoon. <a href="http://www.rolandtanglao.com/">roland</a> met me at the airport, it was cold and raining, as it should be in vancouver. i got checked into the hotel, where i later established my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkah/1094320/">mobile office</a> . then we headed to <a href="http://www.vaneats.com/reviews/restaurants/brioche">brioche</a> for some yummy food. that was followed with a tour of the prestigious bryght offices, and then off for an early evening.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkah/1085821/"><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1085821_3d8ea6d471_m.jpg" alt="the beer tower" class="left" /></a><strong>tuesday</strong>: our first "big day". <a href="http://bmannconsulting.com/">boris</a> and i had meetings all morning, followed by lunch at a small little place with good hummus (the name escapes me). then back to the office to get not quite enough done to consider it working before <a href="http://www.buytaert.net/">dries</a> dropped us a line to let us know he had a free minute, so we went for a long walk - a tourist excursion for us foreigners. when our legs were finally tired, we went to grab some refreshments - and my love of the beer tower is born (more over at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkah/tags/vancouver/">my flickr account</a>).
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<strong>wednesday</strong>: we more or less worked all day today. though we did have lunch (and dinner) with the very entertaining <a href="http://anarkystic.com/blog/">andy "termie" smith</a>.
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the rest of the week looks to be at least as busy, since tomorrow the <a href="http://www.civicspacelabs.org/">civicspace</a> gang gets to town and our <a href="http://dev.bryght.com/t/wiki/DinnerWithDriesAndCivicSpaceDevelopers">big dinner</a> happens friday. i'll try to post a bit more consistently.
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