1.5 years ago a friend in Pittsburgh asked me to come and give a talk to the board of directors at an opera company about how to transform their web site and organization blah blah blah. At the time I was knee-deep in writing a book and told her I couldn't travel. However, since we were at the same conference I walked her through the usual tutorial/rant that I give for that kind of thing, and explained the background of why each part works (think "train the trainer").
Today I ran into her at another conference and she tells me that I'm "very big in the Pittsburgh fine arts community". She seems to have given this talk more than once, crediting me, and claims that everyone there knows my name and thinks I'm great. She said that now if I go to Pittsburgh she could get me into any performance for free.
This is the strangest planet I've ever experienced.
Today I ran into her at another conference and she tells me that I'm "very big in the Pittsburgh fine arts community". She seems to have given this talk more than once, crediting me, and claims that everyone there knows my name and thinks I'm great. She said that now if I go to Pittsburgh she could get me into any performance for free.
This is the strangest planet I've ever experienced.