I spent last week in Pittsburgh for The SIGCSE Technical Symposium, that's SIGCSETS to you. Lots of talks, lots of sessions and lots of people. We drove in on Tuesday since Batya had a workshop Wednesday afternoon. Devorah and I along with a cousin who was also at the conferences spent the day playing tourist. We hit the Warhol museum and also wandered by Randyland. Even made it to Carnegie Hall without practicing.

That's the Computer Science Teacher's Association to you. Has it? Well, that's a personal question. I think it has for me but I'm sure for other people, that jump the shark moment will be far off or never. I'm ruminating on this now as a result of a recent change in their membership policy. Going from two tiers - one free and one costing $50 a year to a single tier $50 membership.

Even before I retired I knew that after a break I'd want to get back in the game. Not full time, but in a limited capacity when interesting opportunities presented themselves. Well, it's time to start dipping my toes back in the water. Next week I'll be at SIGCSE but that doesn't really count. Last year I attended both SIGCSE and the CSTA conference so that's nothing new. After I get back from SIGCSE though, I'll be covering computer science classes for a friend at Stuy who's going to be out on Grand Jury Duty.