[mscarborough]

I am not very knowledgeable about Clojure, so I would not be attending anyway.

But from what I know about Rich Hickey, and the language specs he designed for Clojure, and the HDD and other talks he has given, I would be extremely happy to be able to attend Clojure Conj.

I may be a bit of a homer -- most of my family members are still in VA/NC and it is rare that a conference for a respectable new language would ever happen in Durham.

Obviously Rich has a reason for it, I don't know if he lives near there...but I would expect that Clojure Conj would be 1000X less self-absorbed, and anyone who would lower themselves to travel to Durham might be more interested in the language and the author's views than the hype on HN.