A few years ago I would've told you that two of my biggest fears are: flying and public speaking. Thankfully, that's no longer entirely true, and like anything, the more you tackle things that frighten the hell out of you, the easier (and even enojoyable) they become.

That said, I've lined up a few speaking events that I'm quite excited about, and conveniently they've all been just announced within the past few days:

• Carson Workshop: Bulletproof Design with XHTML and CSS November 2, 2006 9:30am-5:30pm · Boston
  Having a whole day will be excellent for diving deeper into the concepts and techniques described in the book. I'll be using the design of Cork'd as a model for much of the day, discussing the bulletproof methods for designing with lean markup and flexible style. It's also a bit daunting having an entire day -- but the 40 seat limit will (I hope) create a two-way conversation, and I'm looking forward to talking about things that would otherwise get tossed out of a short presentation. I also like the commute to this.
• Web Directions North February 6-10, 2007 · Vancouver
  The best conference of the southerrn hemisphere comes north to Canada. Brought to you by John Allsopp and Maxine Sherrin of Westciv, Dave Shea and Derek Featherstone. A great lineup, and skiing at Whistler. I'll be talking about microformats (with more details to follow).
• @media 2007 (America) May 24-25, 2007 · San Francisco
  The best conference in Europe comes stateside!
• @media 2007 (Europe) June 7-8, 2007 · London
  Vivabit knows how to put a really great conference together. Last year's event was fantastically organized and a real blast. Wish the World Cup happend every year though.

Admittedly, I'm not entirely sure what I'll be speaking about this year at @media yet (a conference that's gone tri-continental this year, with a stop in Hong Kong as well). Actually, feel free to suggest something in the comments (topics could include "ukuleles" or "designing with baby toys").