In less than seven days I will be standing behind a podium, giving a talk about Gerrit and Jenkins that is coming as a result of almost 2 years of integrating Gerrit into two separate companies, and almost 4 years of Jenkins. The fact that I’m speaking at the same time as Sacha Labourey (CEO of CloudBees) is just extra gravy on top of it all.

This past Saturday I had the (mis-)fortune of being signed up for the 2011 Cinderella Trail Run. EC (my wife) had signed up for the 10k race at the beginning of the summer to give her running a good goalpost to shoot for, and I agreed to run as well in order to help motivate her.

Our fancy new apartment, the one with the new oven, has two full-sized bed rooms and to full size bathrooms. We have one bathroom we shower and brush our teeth in, and one bathroom adjacent to the “office.” The second bathroom really just allows me a place to take a leak during late-night hack sessions in the “office,” without waking EC.

This past weekend I finally had a satisfyingly large chunk of free time that I could devote to hacking on various ideas, it was glorious.

(Note: this post by reddit user megadrive is responsible for the light-bulb clicking in my brain)

I ended this week with a visit to the California Academy of Sciences so technically, I learned quite a bit this past week. Saw some snakes, penguins, various clusters of small children, etc.

One easy way to learn a lot during a week is to attend a conference or workshop of some form or fashion. Surrounding yourself with people eager to share their knowledge means that even if you are plugging your ears and humming classic Spice Girls tunes, you still might just learn something.