TL/DR; — Even older, even fatter, longer goatee.

Last year, Yeni and I crossed some items off her bucket list; most importantly visiting Castle Neuschwanstein and making it to Europe. I was able to attend a Kamailio World which exceeded all of by greatest expectations (I’ve already blocked out 2018).

VoIP worked increased dramatically and I was able to speak at 4 different VoIP conferences in 2017; a new personal record. =)

The year that was…

Most popular tweet

With 80+ retweets and >20k impressions, it was a Tweet I made acknowledging that Hurricane Season had begun. Second place (with 11k impressions), goes to the response I wrote to Mitel’s idiotic post about open source software.

2017 Movies I saw in the theater

• Thor: Ragnarok

Just one, as I really no longer like seeing movies in the theater.

2017 Movies I saw at the house

• Wonder Woman
• Guardians of the Galaxy 2
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Lego Batman
• Logan
• John Wick 2

2017 Movies I saw on a plane

• The Founder
• Megan Leavey
• Baywatch
• Beauty and the Beast
• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
• CHiPs
• The Circle
• The Big Sick

Caught up on some 2016 too, but that doesn’t count.

Conferences Attended (in order)

• IT Expo
• Kamailio World
• Cluecon
• Astricon

New Countries Visited

• Germany
• Ireland

All in all, 2017 was a great year in travel and a fantastic year to talk about all things open source VoIP related. Wishing you and your loved ones and incredible 2018.

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