Out of Cheese

In the past few months I’ve had the chance to meet a number of people whom I’d previously only known through their weblogs. First was Erik Barzeski, who came out to California for two weeks earlier in the summer. Last week, Buzz Andersen started work at Apple and Judi and Eric Sohn took a trip to California that landed them in Cupertino on Friday.

It’s been great to get to meet all of them. It’s always somewhat strange to meet someone whom I’ve known only via a weblog (or, in Judi’s case, via Usenet postings and mailing lists for seven years in addition to her weblog), but so far everyone’s been terrific. I’d say that we should do get-togethers like these more often, but Judi and Eric are three thousand miles away in one direction and Erik’s three thousand miles away in a slightly different direction. That makes things a bit harder. At least I know that if I ever find myself in Connecticut, Orlando, or the second floor of One Infinite Loop, there’s a friendly face nearby that I’ll now recognize.