# I can eat and breathe fire # I was flying planes solo before I was old enough to drive # I've dived on an active, underwater volcano # I lived in a tent for a whole summer while surfing in Devon # I helped set up a dive shop in Thailand when I was 27
I've been a strong proponent of web standards since first being introduced to them "back in 2000 by Jefrey Zeldman":http://www.zeldman.com/com0100b.html. I started discussing standards on my "local mailing list":http://www.brightonnewmedia.org/, then on my blog, and finally at conferences and events. I even "wrote a book":http://www.cssmastery.com/ on the subject.
Ever since hearing about "Reboot":http://www.reboot.dk/ three years ago, I've wanted to attend this Scandinavian conference. I was supposed to speak last year, but fate conspired against me. However Jeremy went, and by all accounts knocked their socks off with a love letter in praise of the hyperlink. Jeremy came back all enthused, so I set a reminder iCal as well as a mental note to attend.
Last week I had the pleasure of attending "XTech 2007":http://2007.xtech.org/ in gay Paris. I've not been to XTech before, but "Jeremy":http://adactio.com/ spoke there last year and really enjoyed it, so I wanted to check it out.
In the last month I've attended four conferences, and spoken at three of them. I've already talked about "SXSWi 2007":http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2007/03/another_year_another_southby/ in some detail, so though I'd give the other events a quick write-up.
So "SXSWi 2007":http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/ is officially over, and I'm sat in the departure lounge of LAX waiting for my connecting flight to San Francisco and collecting my thoughts. I've had an excellent time again this year, catching up with old friends and making new ones.