Here we go again: off to Berlin!

This is soo going to sound like I'm always going from one conference to the next, but after SIGCHI.NL's HCI Close to You, the first EURO IA summit in Brussels and this weeks's Adaptive Path workshop with associated Amsterdam IA Cocktail Hour, I am once again about to leave home: I am flying to Berlin to attend and enjoy Design Engaged 2005.

Three full days in the company of some of the smartest thinkers of the web will no doubt both be tiring and energizing. For me, this year there is even more to pay attention to than last year: the backchannel is now official (and not just for Apple users only) :-)

Last year, pictures of the conference were put on Flick within minutes. What will it be this year? GPS drawings are out, NFC RFID is one acronym too many, so just maybe it will be tea...