Thanks for sharing that, Keith - I love those random moments in Portland. Nice work getting him to stick around for OSCON. :)
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 4:36 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > After a late night purchase at Powell's Burnside, I waited in > the shelter for the streetcar at 11th and Couch, looking at > bus schedules stored in my laptop. A 25-ish fellow sitting > next to me looked at the screen and said "Oh! Gnome 2! > I /loved/ Gnome 2, but Gnome 3 sucks, I'm using XFCE now ..." > > He was from NYC, in PDX to look for a site for a satellite > sales and development office for his company. I told him about > Calagator, that OSCON was next week, recruited him into PLUG > (say "I am a member"), and gave him the PLUGEXPO discount code. > He changed his flight to stay another week. > > Funny thing - I remember his distro (his own clonable modification > of Gentoo) but not his name. I'll find him at OSCON, and recruit > him for a PLUG talk or two, because Of Course he is moving here. > > Late night streetcars are good for meeting interesting people > and getting desktop environment tips. Food carts also - three > weeks ago I "had dinner" with a UC Santa Barbara prof working > on computer security for human brains ... > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
