The series of interviews with some of the participants of the 2008 Science Blogging Conference was quite popular, so I decided to do the same thing again this year, posting interviews with some of the people who attended ScienceOnline'09 back in January.
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One great thing about being at a conference on a press pass is people want to buy you food. You can literally go the entire day without buying anything for yourself if that s how you roll. Breakfasts - check. Coffee - check. Lunch - well, I am not much of a lunch guy but I suppose I could get the proverbial free lunch in the way of a literal one. Dinner could at least be bar food.
I missed start of the Helmholtz Association Press Breakfast and hate to show up late and be that guy so I opted for hotel fare instead - that s an adequate penalty for not watching the clock. Not that it was bad but $13 for two eggs and two pieces of bacon feels wrong, especially when the Pancake House near the convention center is something for science like The Lion&Compass in Sunnyvale has been to high technology - where all the big deals get done.