Exciting email last night.

Remember the conference I was supposed to be attending last month, but that was amalgamated with another conference and is now taking place in January? The one that was offering a free iPad for all early bookings?

They want delivery instructions for the iPad (or apparently I could opt for one of the new iPod touches with a camera).

Does that mean it's coming soon?

Given that I've spent a loooong time waiting (what happened to the hope to get them out "by the end of summer"), and been very frustrated in the meantime by the desirability of the thing, *and* been teased by colleagues that the whole thing is a scam, that I tweeted something along the lines of "perhaps it is real after all".

But the conference organizer saw it and tweeted back that that was a bit harsh! (Although he did it with a smiley face). I guess it was and he did explain that they'd had some huge logistical nightmares to over come. But it was a salutory reminder that Twitter isn't private and I'm certainly glad I wasn't ruder!