Katy Dickinson

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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20080930 Tuesday September 30, 2008

Arrived at Keystone for Hopper

I have arrived in Keystone, Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains near Denver, for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (aka GHC 2008). It was an uneventful trip. On the flight from San Francisco, I sat next to a pleasant woman who wore a silver leather jacket and more sparkley jewelery and clothes than I have ever seen on one person. Everything, even her glasses and shoes, had sparkles.

Flying over the mountains, there were big patches of yellow rust color that the pilot said were aspens wearing their autumn leaves. It was dark when we arrived but I am looking forward to seeing the mountains in the sun tomorrow.

Tanya Jankot and I were on the same flight. We had dinner at the Denver airport, then took the shuttle to Keystone. There were so many women headed for Hopper that they had to call for a second van. Our driver said it was his 4th trip of the day. I teased him that some men would be happy to be on a two hour van trip with eleven women but he said he had four older sisters so he expected to be picked on.

Tanya and I will be setting up the Sun table in the exhibit hall tomorrow after lunch. I hope that all of our stuff has arrived in good shape. My daughter Jessica arrives tomorrow morning.

Posted at 10:15PM Sep 30, 2008 by katysblog in Hopper - Anita Borg Institute  |