Okay, so we’re here at the IALLT conference, talking about Skritter and pursuing a few institutional site licenses. IALLT is pretty small, but we’ve been able to have quality conversations with a number of educators, and spread the word about our baby.
Getting here was totally exhausting. We had to wait for our print materials to arrive via UPS. We were scheduled to set up our exhibiting table on Wednesday between 12-4PM. UPS tracking said that our materials would arrive on Tuesday, but didn’t know when. So on Tuesday, Nick and I pack up for Georgia. We finish our packing by about 1PM and then start waiting. “It’ll probably be here in a few hours” says Nick, confidently. I am not convinced. So I get a haircut and take a shower, Nick reads hackernews and takes a nap. The truck still hasn’t arrived. We eat an early dinner. The truck still hasn’t arrived. “The truck will be here by 6:30” says Nick. But the truck didn’t come. We all three play some smash brothers. Finally the truck arrives at 7PM on Tuesday. The drive is going to be at least 13 hours since we have to go out of our way en route to get my parent’s laptop for the show.
So, we set out from my rent’s house at 9PM. The plan was to drive until I got tired and then stop. But, Nick and I realize rather late that due to the UPS delay, we will only have 4 hours of free time if we want to make the 12-4PM time window in Georgia. So, instead of stopping, I just keep driving. Finally, at about 6AM we stop and sleep for 4 hours and then keep going. But we made it on time! Traffic in Atlanta was ridiculous and we were tired, but we forged ahead. Since then we’ve managed to sleep a little bit, but whoa was it intense getting here.
Scott has been working hard in our absence to create a tasty treat of a feature that everyone should enjoy. More news on that when we release it into the wild.
I’ll be back in the command center this Tuesday after visiting my sweetheart in NC, and Nick will be back the following week after visiting his girlfriend in MA. Lots of traveling for the Skritter team!