Lotusphere Day 0 - So where was Duffbert?
Category Lotusphere2008
Yesterday was the typical Sunday Jumpstart Juggle... Which ones to see, which ones do you *want* to see, which ones do you *need* to go to... Invariably something ends up getting missed. Too much good stuff.
Started out the day at the IBM Lotus Quickr jumpstart by John Schumacher. A very good overview of how everything fits together and where the product is going. "Play with Quickr at home" was the start of what promises to be a VERY long "to do" list for when I get back...
From there, I settled in to the AJAX and JSON session with Scott Good. I was more interested in the JSON piece as I've done a little with AJAX. Scott didn't disappoint, and I think I now have enough information in a Domino-specific context to start playing around a bit more. Side note... Scott is an incredible speaker. Yes, he's done this countless times, but I marvel at his ability to talk *with* the audience, distill down ideas to their core essentials, and even recover from a full-on laptop crash without getting flustered. Nice job, Scott...
Between that and the next session, I made my way over to an empty room where I helped film a developer/admin spot for Bill Buchan and Paul Mooney. With our surrounding audience, that soon turned into an Ed Brill skit, as well as a short clip involving Bill, Paul, and gaffer's tape. Don't ask... I watched Warren Elsmore work magic on his Mac with the first spot, and then decided I needed to head over to...
Bill Buchan's Web Services Bootcamp. Not often do you get manic entertainment and solid technical content all in a single package. :) More "to do" stuff there, too...
Finally, a break in the day! I met my co-speaker, Gregg Eldred, for the first time as we planned a bit more for our BoF session Monday night on Lotus Evangelism. It was great to finally meet Gregg in person, and I'm looking forward to the session. I wandered back to my room to watch a bit more of the NFL playoffs, and then went out to freeze my @$$ off at the Welcome party outside. Temps in the 40's, wind chill lower than that. Not quite as bad as the (literally) freezing party a few years back, but close. Fortunately, I had an invite to a dinner over at BlueZoo at 7:30, so I was able to defrost amongst friends. It was stated early on that everything that happened in the dining room... stayed there. So in order to make sure I don't end up on the wrong side of the "dinner police", that's all I'll say about the festivities. :) Suffice it to say the food was good, the company was great, and fun was had by all.
As I write this at way-too-early Monday morning, my wife has just left for the airport to go home after our vacation leading up to Lotusphere. So now I'll have *no* excuse for not keeping up on the blogging and such.
Doesn't mean I'll succeed... just that I'll have no excuses for not doing so. :)
Yesterday was the typical Sunday Jumpstart Juggle... Which ones to see, which ones do you *want* to see, which ones do you *need* to go to... Invariably something ends up getting missed. Too much good stuff.
Started out the day at the IBM Lotus Quickr jumpstart by John Schumacher. A very good overview of how everything fits together and where the product is going. "Play with Quickr at home" was the start of what promises to be a VERY long "to do" list for when I get back...
From there, I settled in to the AJAX and JSON session with Scott Good. I was more interested in the JSON piece as I've done a little with AJAX. Scott didn't disappoint, and I think I now have enough information in a Domino-specific context to start playing around a bit more. Side note... Scott is an incredible speaker. Yes, he's done this countless times, but I marvel at his ability to talk *with* the audience, distill down ideas to their core essentials, and even recover from a full-on laptop crash without getting flustered. Nice job, Scott...
Between that and the next session, I made my way over to an empty room where I helped film a developer/admin spot for Bill Buchan and Paul Mooney. With our surrounding audience, that soon turned into an Ed Brill skit, as well as a short clip involving Bill, Paul, and gaffer's tape. Don't ask... I watched Warren Elsmore work magic on his Mac with the first spot, and then decided I needed to head over to...
Bill Buchan's Web Services Bootcamp. Not often do you get manic entertainment and solid technical content all in a single package. :) More "to do" stuff there, too...
Finally, a break in the day! I met my co-speaker, Gregg Eldred, for the first time as we planned a bit more for our BoF session Monday night on Lotus Evangelism. It was great to finally meet Gregg in person, and I'm looking forward to the session. I wandered back to my room to watch a bit more of the NFL playoffs, and then went out to freeze my @$$ off at the Welcome party outside. Temps in the 40's, wind chill lower than that. Not quite as bad as the (literally) freezing party a few years back, but close. Fortunately, I had an invite to a dinner over at BlueZoo at 7:30, so I was able to defrost amongst friends. It was stated early on that everything that happened in the dining room... stayed there. So in order to make sure I don't end up on the wrong side of the "dinner police", that's all I'll say about the festivities. :) Suffice it to say the food was good, the company was great, and fun was had by all.
As I write this at way-too-early Monday morning, my wife has just left for the airport to go home after our vacation leading up to Lotusphere. So now I'll have *no* excuse for not keeping up on the blogging and such.
Doesn't mean I'll succeed... just that I'll have no excuses for not doing so. :)
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It was great to meet you, hope you enjoy your Pimp Cup. We be rollin' like the big boyz now, Duff
Posted by francie At 05:03:39 On 21/01/2008 | - Website - |
FRRRAAANNNNZZZZCCHHEZZZKAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Posted by Duffbert At 08:38:31 On 21/01/2008 | - Website - |