Well, it's almost here... my very first official OpenOffice.org conference. We leave for Barcelona on Tuesday morning.

I'm actually looking forward to it.  It has been a very very long time since I've attended a conference where I am an active participant.  I've gone to many conferences in the past as an observer, and for the courses offered, but only once or twice have I had the opportunity to get up in front of the group and say my bit.  I hope we can fire up some interesting discussions in this coming week.... there are going to be some really long days I think.

With this conference, I have managed to get myself ankle deep (whilst standing on my head) in things.  But... that's part of the fun.  The stuff I am working on has a strong focus on the documentation... not just the books and application help, but all the other user resources like the OOoWiki and even forums.  We really want to drum up the community side of things.  For too long OpenOffice.org has been very one sided.  Open source yes, but also excruciatingly complicated for anyone to contribute anything... even a spelling correction in the help is painful to do.

Anyway, don't want to let the cat out of the bag (or as the Dutch say, let the monkey out of the sleeve) just yet   I will try to post a couple things while I am there... impressions... maybe even some photos.