From 8-9 October, I’m going to be at Web Directions South in Sydney. I’m super excited about it – it’s the first web conference I’ve been to, and my first visit to Sydney. One of the awesome things about self-employment is having the freedom to take a couple of days after, to go and check out the place, and happily mix business with pleasure. It’s embarrassing that, despite growing up in New Zealand, I’ve been to Europe several times but until this year had never ventured into Australia (apart from a couple of stopover, feed-the-wallaby trips to Brisbane as a kid).
The conference itself looks like it’ll be good – networking opportunities, and the chance to learn lots of new things to drop in at dinner parties – and maybe even use in my work 
