No, I’m not moving there permanently (I love living in Raleigh).
Earlier this year I realized that two conferences I wanted to go to were going to be in San Francisco this year. The Business of Software conference is running from the 9th-11th of November and RubyConf is running from the 19th-21st. So I had the crazy idea of taking my wife and our daughter out to San Francisco and living there for most of November. Then we realized if we went earlier we could have my mother in law come for the first week so we would have time to go enjoy some of the nice restaurants and areas of San Francisco since she could watch our daughter. So this saturday (17th of October) we are heading out to San Francisco and staying until the 22nd of November (thankfully my sister can house sit and watch the cats).
As a bootstrapping startup spending the money to do this might not seem like the smartest idea, but this is also one of those things I could never do if I was working for someone else or even if I was working a long-term contract like I have in the past.
In addition to attending these two conferences I am also going to be going to Startup School on the 24th in Berkeley. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this announced and I realized I would be in town and got accepted to go. While in town I will also get to meet with both of my board members and a partner in another venture. I hope to make the most of the trip and attend as many events and meet with as many interesting people and companies as possible.
If you live in the area and would like to meet, or if you know of any interesting events (.NET/Mono, Ruby, Erlang, Startup) definitely let me know!
-James
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