We just got very excited. Next week, Justin and I will be hopping over to San Francisco (one of my favorite cities) (no seriously, see picture) to attend EECI2010, the ExpressionEngine CodeIgniter conference. It is a super combination of a MasterClass, hands-on workshops and a variety of fabulous speakers. We couldn't pass up this opportunity to check in with all the brilliant people we met at the ExpressionEngine Roadshow last October and meet others we have only seen online or heard their voices over Skype. In between grabbing a burrito in the Mission and picking up some Northbeach Pizza, we will learn a ton about all the novel ways people are using ExpressionEngine to develop ingenious sites AND get a crash course in CodeIngniter.

After an inspiring whirlwind in sunny (but cold) Seattle attending the ExpressionEngine Roadshow, we are back in Boise. Some of the things we learned were tangible, like the finer points of Template Caching. Other things were intangible, like meeting the sharp people at EllisLab and the calming, competent presence they engender. Being in a room full of people who do the same thing we do everyday and sharing experiences and ideas was enlightening and invigorating. The presentations ranged from technical to the more abstract and process-based.

Creative Soapbox is traveling by planes, trains and automobiles to Seattle for the ExpressionEngine Roadshow.