It's now just one week until XTech 2006.

This is the point that the whole of the last year has been leading up to for me. It's now I can let myself stop being stressed and start to let the excitement in.

You know how sometimes you look back at stuff you've done, and go "wow!" -- that's pretty much where I am right now. I've run out of superlatives to apply to the speaker lineup. I've thrilled that we'll be joined by just about the entire Mozilla project, Paul Graham, Jeff Barr, Jeffrey McManus, huge chunks of the BBC brains trust, the smartest people in XML and the semantic web, Ajax pioneers and thinkers, top-class instructors and so much more.

Last-minute XTech happenings of interest include:

• Google join the schedule line-up, talking about GData.
• We've put an advert for XTech on Ryan Carson's new magazine for web developers, Vitamin. I've been enjoying Ryan's straightforward approach to web business recently, so I hope this works out well.
• For your inner techie, web caching expert Mark Nottingham joins the XTech program, talking about what's needed to support fast delivery of today's more dynamic web applications.
• We've added a Developers' Corner to the exhibition, where anybody with a project and a laptop can set up to show off their stuff. With the calibre of people floating round, this is a great chance to find collaborators and maybe more.
• A downloadable iCal schedule so there's no excuse for missing anything.
  

Finally, just a note that it's never too late to come along. If you've not registered, just turn up on the day and pay on the door. It's an easy flight to Amsterdam, a short train ride to Centraal and a short walk to the hotel.

See you there!