Elaine Plybon’s Blog

I’ve started posting to the Texas DEN blog, and I encourage you to read the other state blogs for additional updates, etc., but I thought I’d post a little about my personal experiences at the institute.

Silver Spring is a nice town. There is free wireless all over the city, and the shopping area we walk through each day to get to Discovery HQ is beautiful. It has a really nice fountain and the area around the shopping and restaurants is frequented by residents and visitors alike. In the mornings, the weather is great, and this morning, Fred Delventhal (aka Riptide Furse), Lori Abrahams (aka Lor Fredrikkson), Nancy Sharoff (aka Laelia Laval), and myself (aka Celestia Cazalet), sat by the fountain, chatting and enjoying the special atmosphere surrounding the commons.

Lori is uploading a video of Fred and I running through the fountain Monday night. When it is available, I’ll post a link here.

What an amazing experience presenting at NECC was! I don’t think the full impact hit me until this morning when I received an email from ISTE that said there were over 17,600 people at NECC this year! Our room was packed, there were people standing, and about 20 people watched us on Ustream. We think about 135-30 people saw our presentation Monday morning.

I’ve caught the bug - I’ll definitely be putting in a presentation proposal for DC next year! If you’d like to read my blog about what I’ve walked away from NECC with (aside from my full set of Shark Week DVDs - Thanks DEN!), you can read my Cruel Shoes entry HERE.