The last couple of weeks were pretty hectic, even by my standards. We went down to the Amalfi coast for a wedding, where people were swimming in the sea, it was shirtsleeves weather, and absolutely no stereotype was left unindulged.

Positano seen from a boat in the harbour

Mount Vesuvius seen between buildings from a rooftop terrace

It’s amazing that this is just a handful of hours from my home by train, and you can watch the Italian countryside stream by at 300 km/h while you read your book or get a bit of last-minute work done.

Then, after a little bit of this…

Aeroplane wing about to dip below the clouds

…we get straight to this:

A mews at night

Quite the contrast, and not just in temperature!

I was there for work, helping sixty-odd people get hands-on with all of this GenAI stuff as part of the agenda for SnapLogic Integreat, instead of just talking about it endlessly.

Lines of seated people working at laptops; I'm leaning over to help one person, who smiles as he gets it

The lab went off pretty well, and I think it was also useful to help people contextualise what they saw later in the keynote presentations. It’s not the best photo of me, but I was working, not posing!

After that it was time to relax in a completely different context:

Railway arches covered in graffiti

This is the last photo of the night on my camera:

Looking up a spiral staircase

There was one final link between work and my personal life, as one of the closing speakers at Integreat was the CDO of the Lego Group; we even got custom minifigs!

Custom Lego minifig with SnapLogic logo

Meanwhile at home, this weekend was Piacenza Bricks, showing off all sorts of Lego constructions, including a replica of local landmark, the Gotico:

Palazzo Gotico replicated in Lego

And with that, I am done for a little while.

🖼️ All photos my own except the Lego Gotico model, which is from my local newspaper, Libertà.