[00:30] <nhaines> ianorlyn: yup, the intial print and setup costs can be really high for traditional print runs.
[00:30] <nhaines> akk: I published the video of my publishing talk today.  :)  https://youtu.be/FCi4GAdBxJY
[00:30] <darthrobot> [R: www.youtube.com] Title: [Nathan Haines – Writing and Publishing Books with - YouTube]
[00:31] <akk> excellent, nhaines! Thanks, I'll look at it in a few days (I have a talk tomorrow that's taking up too much time now).
[00:33] <nhaines> akk: ooh, what's it about?
[00:34] <akk> Not computers ... it's a planetarium show for the local nature center. First time, the husband is helping.
[00:34] <akk> We're going to try to do it as "star talk", like car talk, joking with each other and interrupting each other and such.
[00:34] <akk> Planetarium shows tend to be kinda boring so we're hoping to spice it up a little.
[00:37] <nhaines> Ooh, that sounds awesome.
[02:34] <nhaines> Who wants to post my publishing video on reddit in /r/Ubuntu and /r/linux?
[03:17] <nhandler> nhaines: Sure
[03:21] <nhaines> nhandler: cool, thanks!  Still https://youtu.be/FCi4GAdBxJY
[03:21] <darthrobot> [R: www.youtube.com] Title: [Nathan Haines – Writing and Publishing Books with Free Software - YouTube]
[03:21] <nhaines> I'm planning to spam my book once it's published so I'm trying to lay low on the self-promotion until then.  :)
[03:22] <nhandler> nhaines: Submitted to both subreddits
[03:22] <nhaines> nhandler: much obliged!
[03:23] <nhandler> I also poked the person at work who handles hosting community group events. She said she would get back to me ASAP about the release party (I asked about Friday the 23rd since the 22nd already has an event)
[03:23] <nhaines> Ooh, Fridays and Saturdays are good party days anyway because it gives everyone a time to burn discs.
[03:24] <nhandler> I would have gone for the weekend, but I have a feeling that would have required jumping through more hoops
[03:32] <nhaines> Friday still seems a better bet than Thursday.
[04:12] <nhandler> nhaines: Agreed. Does Canonical still do LoCo packs for release parties? Or did those go away?
[04:12] <ianorlyn> I think he needed to get an answer by Thursday but that was in the meeting logs
[04:13] <nhaines> nhandler: they do, but they want a 4 week lead time.  Go ahead and put in a request.  It technically has to come from pleia2, although they know me and process things anyway.
[04:14] <nhandler> Hmm...Let me toss up a placeholder loco.ubuntu.com event first
[04:21] <nhandler> Placeholder event: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3203-san-francisco-wily-release-party/
[04:21] <darthrobot> Title: [San Francisco Wily Release Party | Ubuntu LoCo Team Portal]
[04:26] <nhandler> Form submitted
[04:27] <nhaines> Yay!
[13:45] <philipballew> currently on the Capitol Corridor.
[13:45] <philipballew> I should ride this thing more often
[18:08] <nhaines> Well, just got off a conference call, and Ubucon planning is so far so good.
[18:09] <ianorlyn> nhaines: is there a way I can get in on the loop as well?
[18:13] <nhaines> ianorlyn: we're having another conference call minus Gareth and Ilan from SCALE on Thursday, from 10 to 11am.  That'd be a good time to bring you in.  If you can send me your Google account I'll have David Planella add you to the Hangouts call.
[18:15] <pleia2> nhaines: already! how exciting :)
[18:15] <nhaines> pleia2: yup, we have ambitious plans this year.  :)
[18:21]  * nhandler is hoping to possibly make it down to SCALE
[18:22] <nhaines> nhandler: I can't say more yet, but you're really going to want to make it this year.
[18:25] <nhandler> nhaines: It is mainly a matter of figuring out how many days (if any) I can afford to take off of work for a trip south. But I would love to do SCALE+Disney Land+Visit with friends/family down there
[18:25] <DonkeyHotei> nhandler: so you're up here?
[18:27] <nhandler> DonkeyHotei: I moved from Chicago to San Francisco about a month ago
[18:28] <nhaines> Now tab completion will forever be broken.
[18:29] <akk> It'll be in Pasadena this time, not LAX, right?
[18:29] <nhaines> Correct!
[18:29] <akk> Yay. I'll probably try to make it this year. (Now to think of a good talk proposal topic ...)
[18:29] <nhaines> Yay!
[18:35] <akk> Ooh, and it's Jan, not Feb. Even better! Perfect time to visit friends near Pasadena.
[18:40] <ianorlyn> although this may have better food so stuart langridge doesn't die from eating too much Carl's junior
[18:42] <nhaines> The food options are going to be way better.
[18:54] <akk> The everything options will be. :)
[18:54] <akk> (except for ease of travel from LAX, admittedly)
[18:54] <nhaines> Certainly the "I think I shall go for a stroll" options will be.  :)
[18:59] <akk> Oh, wow, and it's really close to a rail station.
[18:59] <akk> So even the public transit options are way better.
[19:00] <akk> (openstreetmap shows it nicely, couldn't figure it out from google maps)
[19:01] <nhaines> Yeah, other than travel, it really is super better in every way.
[19:02] <akk> Maybe a lot of the flyers can fly into Burbank instead, then it'll be better for them too.
[19:08] <nhaines> Or even Ontario.
[19:12] <ianorlyn> akk: or people that live closer to LAX than passadena
[19:13] <akk> I'm sure there are some of those. But even then, you'd have to live a lot closer to make up for driving around looking for parking (even if you pay the big bucks).
[19:14] <akk> Even paying for the hotel parking, and even with a handicap placard, I bet we spent 20-30 minutes dealing with parking each day.
[19:21] <nhaines> The preferred hotel for SCALE 14x is the Westin.  The Sheraton wasn't willing to do a group rate.  But we'll see how they feel after they see the 5000 people not staying there.