the day after (or: the conference is over).

i made it home at midnight, last night. one more conference is over, and the next one won't be until march. hopefully i will have new results to talk about, by then.

some tips to remember:

1. carry a water bottle around. i forget how much coffee i drink at conference, and how few my visits to water fountains.
   
   
2. talk more research with people. i talked a fair deal of math, but this was often the result of asking "what is your research about?" it was worthwhile to ask, and in the future i'll also keep asking, just to know more about my colleagues.
   
   however, i suspect that to do well in the forthcoming years, i might have to become more mercenary.
   

as for what went well,

• i learned about the ana1ysis on fra¢ta1s, as studied by several researchers in the northeast. these guys don't mess around. perhaps i'll say more about this, another day.
  
  
• i saw old friends from michigan and old acquaintances from previous conferences. often these meetings have a feeling of a reunion, about them.
  
  
• my talk went smoothly --
  
  
  though i went over; then again, so did many others
  
  -- and i received good comments and questions about it. nonetheless, it would be nice to talk about something new.
  
  
• everyone is fascinated by my laptop, desdemona. apparently the a$us e³ p¢ is a crowd-winner.