Update 2011 Conference Recap
I spent last week in beautiful England attending the Update 2011 Conference, thanks to all of your awesome donations last month. I wanted to make sure that I jotted as many notes and photos as possible for those of you who were unable to make the conference. The conference, put on by Aral Balkan, was...
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Read more…On Our Way To The UK!
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