I’m just back from the 2007 Richard Tapia: Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference. I had a good time, and the weather in Orlando cooperated nicely. I met a lot of great people, found out about a bunch of post-graduate positions, and enjoyed several excellent presentations.
Part of the conference included a backstage tour of Disney IT operations. Their presentations weren’t particularly technical, but it was nice seeing behind the veil. I was somewhat put off by the uniformly pro-mouse nature of the people, but I suppose they wouldn’t work there if they didn’t like it.
I also managed to see La Nouba — Cirque du Soleil is always fun.