I'm going to be out of town quite a bit between October 20 and November 15, because lots of nice folks have asked me to be a presenter at upcoming conferences. I'll be at Access 2002 October 20-23, Netspeed 2002 October 24-26, and Internet Librarian November 3-7. All of this will be followed by a week long vacation in California, so I will also get in some down time.

Today I got a call from Barbara Fullerton. You may remember her from 60 Gadgets in 60 Minutes fame (there's a sequel, too). I couldn't believe she was calling me, but she asked if I wanted to participate in her similarly themed presentation at this year's Internet Librarian conference. I'm not sure I let her finish talking before I exclaimed a hearty "yes!" So you can catch me there, too. I can't wait to see what she brings!

(Side note to the folks at Margi: my organization can't afford a Presenter-to-Go for our Sony Clies, even though it would be perfect for some of the work we do. If you have any inkling at all to send me one, I promise to show it to every person I can at conferences and even in the parking lot at work.)

In case you missed the big announcement, Lawmeme has put together a faboo one-day conference at Yale on November 22, titled Revenge of the Blog, that will discuss the intersections of law & blogging and journalism & blogging. I'll be part of a panel discussion for this one, although I will spend most of my time being in awe of the other presenters.

I'm really looking forward to all of these conferences, and especially to meeting some of my cyber friends along the way. If you'll be at any of these events, please stop by and say hello!

And just to show how much I love libraries and all of my faithful readers, I'll let you in on a little secret. I splurged this week and bought the new Archos Multimedia Jukebox. I ordered it online, so it's on the way. But I didn't buy it for my own personal pleasure. No, oh no, oh no. I bought it for all of you. I want to be able to truly show librarians what they need to start preparing for, and this gadget is one of the best illustrations. The things I do for you folks.... ;-)

P.S. Don't tell Ryan!