Why I'm Flying South to LSNA2018

or, How to blow a Saturday evening writing a blog post just because  the kids don't want to hang out with you

 

Here are the 5 reasons I am flying down tomorrow evening.

I've been to LSNA twice before, in 2015 and 2016. I remember the energy and the ambience. Some of the topics deserve waaaay more than the 30 minutes or hour that is allocated to them, but then the presentations are designed to leave you with just enough to take a deep dive on whichever topic interests you, and on that front, they absolutely deliver. So, here's to more of that.

Unconference. I've never attended one of these before, but the prospect has me interested. I mean, it looks like the attendees get to carve out the day's agenda. I'll be bringing my list of topics fwiw. Something tells me there'll be enough knowledge sharing to go all around. 

Speed consulting. I hope I get to reserve a spot. I have a half-baked design approach around a SAML-authentication requirement using the SAML connector plugin - just a lot of holes that need plugging. Hoping a 20-minute session will help clear things up for me.

Agenda topics: As always, great spread! Here's the top 5 items on my radar at this time:

  • Search (Oct 9, 10:35)
  • Securing your APIs for Headless Use (Oct 10, 11:00)
  • Extending Liferay with OSGI (Oct 9, 4:30)
  • Liferay Analytics Cloud (Oct 10, 10:20)
  • Building Amazing Themes (Oct 9, 3:50)

Food. I have on my to-do list to eat a bowl of authentic étouffée. I will have to seek out the best place for this.

Blogs

I am very glad to hear that other people's children ignore them as well. That is probably not the message you wanted me to get out of this post, though. :)

 

I too am at the Symposium, and I will probably see you in the OSGI workshop.