I’m currently sitting in the Zurich airport, where everything is sparkly and incredibly expensive, on a six-hour layover on my way to Stockholm where I’m giving a talk to a conference on local governance. The conference organizers then are taking the attendees to Oslo for the Peace Prize ceremony; I assume well be in a back room watching on TV, but nonetheless, this is not something I would say no to. In fact, I bought my first suit in 15 years in part for the occasion. This is as close to Al Gore — or Uma Thurman, for that matter — as I’m ever likely to get.

Then it’s on to Paris for LeWeb 3 where I’m giving a brief talk on Web leadership, completely rewritten (but not yet rewritten enough) from the version I gave at the Web of Ideas discussion last week. Thank you, discussants!

Then I’m talking at a conference in Rome, although the details are still sketchy. There are some other plans as well, but they are sketchy to the point of erasure. But one thing is for sure: I’ll be home in a week, ready for my comfy slippers and weak American coffee.

[tags: peace prize]

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