back on the west coast, from an incredible weekend spent at the glorious locale of florida's South Beach.

what a completely obnoxious town.

i was there for the internet only design conference, sponsored by the south florida chapter of AIGA. while there, i won a free copy of adobe acrobat (which i'm going to promptly attempt to change with golive), partied with my new friends from marchFIRST at the 'hottest club in south beach" (it was a pretty amazing club), shook hands with both jeffrey zeldman and clement mok, and rode out my 2nd worst turbulence ever in the flight back (all the flight attendants we talked to afterward said it was the worst they've experienced in their careers. eek.)

throw in some incredible sushi; my new Favorite Hotel of All Time, the delano, which i'll hopefully have pictures of and will definitely visit again and again (even though i paid $14 for a sidecar there); a pizza delivery at 3:30am, meeting some great new friends (some named gina, julie, chris, bravo and emma) from all over the country; and working for a company that would pay for it all.

now, back to work. and back to life. the conference (mostly zeldman and mok) did actually give me a new perspective on my craft. and along with that came a new motivation, a new drive, and a desire for a new momentum. let's hope that newnesss continues to manifest. it could actually turn into something tangible....

oh. and,

vote.