Like so many of my fellow Red Hatters (whoops, almost wrote Haters there, not sure what to make of that), I find myself in Nashville this week, attending the Red Hat Summit. Somehow (I mean, it wasn't a mystery, I was there after all) I agreed to give a talk on Single Sign-on and where Red Hat wants to go with respect to its products.

But that's old news.

As scheduling would have it, I'm presenting dead last on Friday. Which is pretty awesome in that it takes large amounts of pressure off — I mean, I could actually do the chicken dance for five minutes and call it done, and I'd wager large chunks of the audience would thank me for my brevity and go merrily on their way.

Now, this has turned out to be an unexpected bag of experiences. From the fact that we're at a conference center which also happens to be a resort I wouldn't ever stay at on my own dime, to the fact that we're within walking distance of the Grand Ole Opry (yes, the Grand Ole Opry!), and me not even being that big of a country/western music fan, to the fact that it's turning out to be like a big company meeting, less large chunks of the company, plus large numbers of clients and customers.

That's a lot to digest.