Conventions come and conventions go, but as far as conventions go – Gnomedex is going to be recorded as one of this year’s best. It’s certainly shaping up to be one of the premier Internet Publishing events for 2004. I didn’t plan on putting it together that way – it just kinda started assembling itself. One participant started talking to another potential participant, and now there’s a whole bunch of us all over the place. This is a great chance for you to meet movers and shakers – people who are impacting millions of lives every day with their projects. Why even bother doing this convention in the first place? That’s easy. If any other company was arranging the details, it could easily cost you thousands of dollars to get in the door. Plus, you may not be able to meet any of the folks there (or even care to in the first place). “Social Networking” is supposedly a hot topic, so… why not try a little real-world social networking for once? It’s not accurate to describe Gnomedex as simply a convention, really. This is a gathering of the minds, and a opportunity for you to understand why I’ve been making certain changes with Lockergnome over the past twelve months. Convention? Conference? Doesn’t matter – we need you there.

Moving day! Well, it’s already happened – and most of the world noticed. With all the 404s and weird URL issues, it was kinda difficult to ignore. If you’re still hitting errors, you might wanna flush your DNS cache, empty your browser’s cache, or double-check your Internet accelerator’s settings (or just wait another day or so for your proxy to catch up with the switch). I made the decision to do it a few weeks ago, what with Lockergnome not having a server jockey on staff. Ya know, someone who can help me with problems that pop up – making sure that everything is up-to-date and optimized? I’m getting better at troubleshooting issues, but sometimes I need a little nudge. Who is it this time? An old friend – the guy who helps Lockergnome.net; the guy who’s going to be making his fourth pilgrimage to Gnomedex; the guy who has been supportive of our efforts from the very beginning. Bill! Everything seems faster for us now, except for MovableType performance (which apparently is dependent on some older version of Perl). We plan on upgrading to MT 3.1 (from 2.6x) as soon as it’s available for general consumption. You, as a reader, won’t notice much of a change – but our contributors and editors will love the CMS.