Australia bound

Next week I'm headed to Australia to do some speaking, have lunch with some dignitaries and take a short holiday.

I start off in the south and head north where it's warm:

• July 18 - 23 - Melbourne for KM Australia
• July 24 - 25 - Sydney for lunch at the Canadian Consulate and a couple of meetings
• July 25 - 30 - Cairns for sightseeing

I'd love to meet up with any Australian IA/UX/IxD/web design folks while I'm there. Please drop me a line if you want to get together.

Mostly unrelated but possibly interesting to long-time readers: this trip involves about 60 hours of travel both ways, so I'm going to try finish Infinite Jest while in transit. Based on my average reading speed I should be able to read two Infinite Jests in 60 hours. But I think sleep, eating, in-flight movies and other distractions will make this a challenging goal. I will report back.