What happens at Dynamics Daze stays at Dynamics Daze

I took my red-eye flight this morning to Chicago to attend the Dynamics Daze conference at a hotel in Northwestern.

Naturally, I'm running into people I know. My reputation now precedes me, because I've been asked if I was working on my slides. (For once, I actually prepared them in advance.)

I just found out that 2 nights of my hotel stay are going to be covered by the conference! Awesome! I wasn't aware that I was going to get some funding...