Torkel Ödegaard shares his excitement about attending the Monitorama PDX conference in Portland, where he will present a workshop on Grafana, a data visualization tool. His session will include project background, demos, and tips, as well as interesting uses of Graphite, and will feature a publicly accessible demo and playground for participants to explore. Despite being added to the speaker lineup late, he is eager to engage with attendees and distribute Grafana stickers and t-shirts. Following the conference, Ödegaard plans a brief two-day visit to San Francisco.