A buddy got me tickets to a 48-hour conference hackathon at the weekend.

I went in and joined a team of 4 to develop an application, per the rules. I was assigned to do one task, which was very simple and took me 3 hours of the 48. Instead of going home, I decided to go on walkabout to see what other teams were up to and if I could help them out.

I chatted up a gent who was doing some sort of iphone application and their developer asked me if I could take a look at her code to help her figure something out. I was able to solve her problem in a matter of minutes (got lucky with the right Google search) and she was immediately impressed.

We got to chatting and I had her laughing in no time. My life narrative also resonated with her.

As we both enjoy wine, I apparently invited her to a drink the Sunday after judging, win or loss around 4:30am at Sunday morning. I say apparently, because I don't remember doing so and she swears I did.

We had said drink in her hotel lobby, which was a 20-minute walk from the venue. As neither of us had slept in the last 48+ hours at this point, I decided to push further and told her that we should take a nap in her room.

There are times in life when one lays everything on the line. This was one of them. I realise this now, writing this post, at the time, a combination of lack of sleep and euphoria from my success at solving things so quickly clouded my usual guard, similar to how the hot hand phenomenon works.

She took my words and handed me her room key. She told me her room number and said "take me there".

I woke up naked, with her naked body wrapped around me. I'm guessing we had sex, as we both woke up well-rested and ready to take on the week. I walked her back to the conference site and she ended it with a long kiss and said we should do another night again. I went back home, showered, shaved, went back to the conference for a talk, before parking myself in a cafe to write this field report.

I am not entirely sure what I did right, or where I could improve. I think of life as a process of continuous improvement. Sexual strategy is a part of said process. So, what did I do well and where might I improve the next time? Also, if you'd like more detail about any of this, feel free to ask.