I've got one foot out the door to the Nonprofit Tech Conference, where several of us will be spending a good portion of the next three days.

It's not too late to register, and for anyone in D.C. still feeling asea with some of the tech issues -- whether elementary or advanced -- it's well worth it if you can possibly squeeze out the hours. Free for everyone, registered or not, there's a free "science [vendor] fair" this afternoon -- lots of software/consulting/similar companies with drawings for free iPods. We'll be there as well, and with (I daresay) some intriguing raffle offerings courtesy of several members of our user community -- WITNESS, Flex Your Rights and Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting.

Or, just skip the product placement altogether and get straight to the free libations by hitting one of the several evening socials tonight, including DemocracyInAction's own open house.

We even cleaned up for the occasion, and improved the effect with selective photographic cropping:

I hope to put a lot of faces to names there. Naturally, there'll be plenty more from this highlight of the nonprofit tech calendar over the coming days.