I don't think I have my own category yet, but I'm Tris Hussey and I will be covering the Blog Business Summit next week for the Tucows blog.  So while Joey and crew will be at other conferences of cool-geekiness, I'll be in lovely Seattle covering all the sessions I can (there are some dual track sessions) and recording some podcasts as well with speakers and attendees.  I myself am I speaker and will be talking about audience measurement and RSS metrics.  I'm certainly going to make it interesting, in my usual style ... Joey has heard me speak so he can vouch for me.

Blog Business Summit was the first of its kind—a conference geared towards the business blogger.  Those already doing it to those who want to get started.  The speakers at next week's conference (the third BBS) are the cream of the crop.  Some of the best minds on the blogosphere like Dave Taylor, Robert Scoble, Tara Hunt, Jason Calcanis and others.  There is still time to register if you want to go ... and if you're interested in business blogging, you really should think about it.  For the first time I'll be at the pre-conference workshops on blogging (covering those for your too) ... and those should be just awesome.  Oh and I'll probably sneak in some pictures and posts from dinners and such.  Why?  Because that's where the really good discussions happen.

Your next question will be then, just who is this guy.  I've been a blogger for over two years now (seems like forever) and my primary blog (sponsored by Blogware, btw) is A View from the Isle where I cover news about tech, the blogosphere, and other stuff that I feel like writing about.  Now, being a blogger I couldn't just stop there.  I write for several other blogs including:

• The Qumana blog (Qumana is my primary employer)
• Qumana Investor Blog
• Business Blog Consulting
• Blog Business Summit
• The Homely Scientist (one of my B5media blogs)
• PimpYourWork (a B5 blog I write with three other folks ... it's not officially launched, so it doesn't have a spiffy B5 template, but the content is still great)
• Daddy Wears Slippers to Work.  The blog for the book I'm writing about telework.

I think that about does it.  Yes, all those blogs do keep me rather busy.

Tags: Blog Business Summit, BBS, BBS06, Tris Hussey, Tucows, Blogware

The next month is going to be a busy one for many of us here at Tucows. In additional to the usual work stuff, some of us will be making appearances at the following conferences:

CASCON 2006 (Toronto)

I got a last-minute invitation to IBM's CASCON 2006 conference, which runs from October 16th through 19th, where I'll participate in the Social Computing: Best Practices panel. I'm thinking of catching the "Introduction to AJAX Technologies" workshop on Monday and the "Rails/DB2" workshop on Tuesday afternoon. Note that admission to this conference is free, including the food!

The Ajax Experience (Boston)

Here's a good one -- Brent Ashley, who will lead the Ajax Transport Layer Alternatives session, gave me a complimentary pass to The Ajax Experience, which runs from October 23rd through 25th. This looks to be a very meaty conference for techies and I plan to take copious notes and share them with the developers here at Tucows as well as you, the readers.

ISPCON Fall 2006 (Santa Clara)

ISPCON Fall 2006 is the premier conference for internet service providers, wireless providers, VOIP providers and internet businesses. Tucows people will be all over this one -- on the exhibit floor, doing the opening keynote and leading a couple of sessions! For the full details, check out this entry; to get a free pass to the exhibit floor and the keynote, see this entry.

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving, a statutory holiday in Canada, where Tucows' head office is located.

Tucows' head office (located in Toronto) is closed today, but a handful of departments will remain open. For the benefit of our partners, here's a quick listing of their hours:

• The Operations department will still monitor our systems 24 hours a day. (We should send them some turkey.)
• Customer support, Sales and Payments will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern (6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific / 1300 hours to 2100 hours UTC). Customer support will be available via pager for system-wide emergencies.
• The Compliance department will be closed.

All departments of the company will be back to their usual schedule tomorrow, Tuesday, October 10th.

Have a happy and safe Canadian Thanksgiving!