Lotus Knows That This Is My Lotusphere 2010 Recap
Friday, January 22, 2010 10:30 AM
Day -1 : Saturday
Lotus Knows it was painful watching all the tweets from people who got there before us.
Lotus Knows that we were not arriving till late.
Lotus Knows our flight was delayed by about 40 minutes.
Lotus Knows our pilot flew extra fast and we only arrived 5 minutes late.
Lotus Knows a faster route the Disney Magical Express bus can take.
Lotus Knows that we made it to the ESPN bar to party with Turtle and everybody else
Lotus Knows that we were the last people out of the ESPN tonight.
Lotus Knows that Picabu's in the Dolphin makes great 24hr pizza.
Lotus Knows we weren't the only people at Picabu's.
Day 0 : Sunday
Lotus Knows my head is a little sore this morning.
Lotus Knows I still have to unpack and get over to register.
Lotus Knows that the backpack is pretty much the same as last years.
Lotus Knows where the speaker room is this year ( I never found it ).
Lotus Knows that I need to practice my session with David Leedy.
Lotus Knows that the practice session went well.
Lotus Knows that it's a long walk from the Beachclub Villas back to the Dolphin.
Lotus Knows that TURT101 is a must see session for the laughs.
Lotus Knows the welcome party has started.
Lotus Knows the theme for the party ( my guess was 70s/80s )
Lotus Knows I owned quite a lot of the old computer equipment being used as props for the party.
Lotus Knows the staff at the Dolphin bar remembered what we drink from the last few years.
Lotus Knows that Jager/Redbull is about $4 cheaper this year for some reason.
Lotus Knows that some people are heading to bed early
Lotus Knows we're not as young as we used to be.
Day 1 : Monday
Lotus Knows the OGS is at 8AM
Lotus Knows the WiFi sucked again this year, I couldn't get a connection.
Lotus Knows the bloggers got wired network connections.
Lotus Knows I'm not a blogger.
Lotus Knows that William Shatner was a great speaker at the OGS
Lotus Knows that it's going to be very hard to top Shatner next year.
Lotus Knows the actual OGS was a little flat in places.
Lotus Knows that xTalk was briefly on screen at the OGS but without a mention.
Lotus Knows that everybody started searching their backpack for things to smoke.
Lotus Knows you should NOT smoke the silica gel pack in the backpack.
Lotus Knows that xTalk did not win the Lotus Award for best individual OpenSource contribution.
Lotus Knows that it came second.
Lotus Knows the 'Worst Practices' session was very popular.
Lotus Knows I need coffee but there is none to be found.
Lotus Knows the product showcase seems very empty this year.
Lotus Knows that Rock Band is NOT JamFest
Lotus Knows that the UKLUG/ILUG party is packed.
Lotus Knows that Shulas lost out on the deal to host that party.
Lotus Knows I'm tired already and it's only Monday.
Day 2 : Tuesday
Lotus Knows I'll never make a 7am BOF
Lotus Knows I'll also never make the breakfast meals.
Lotus Knows it's time to go to a few sessions.
Lotus Knows that I just heard my name called out on stage at a mini keynote
Lotus Knows that its a long walk from the Dolphin Dining tent to Swan 7-10
Lotus Knows that it's time to present BP207 with David Leedy
Lotus Knows that it went really well ( thanks for filling the evals )
Lotus Knows its time for more sessions
Lotus Knows that XPages in 8.5.2 has some great stuff coming.
Lotus Knows I've just seen Ed Brill for the first time this week.
Lotus Knows that the OpenNTF AGM was at a bad place/time and not a lot of people showed up
Lotus Knows that OpenNTF has a lot to do to re-engage the community.
Lotus Knows that the Yaughtsman Steakhouse was wonderful.
Lotus Knows I'm stuffed.
Lotus Knows it's time for the engineering party.
Lotus Knows I've just seen Ed Brill for the second time this week.
Lotus Knows what that smell was outside the Y&B conference center. ( fresh mulch on the flower beds )
Lotus Knows it's time to hit the bar at the Dolphin again.
Lotus Knows they put extra Jager in our drinks ( Dolphin bar staff are great )
Lotus Knows it's time to head to bed.
Lotus Knows we're all getting older.
Day 3 : Wednesday
Lotus Knows I'll never make a 7am BOF
Lotus Knows I'll also never make the breakfast meals.
Lotus Knows it's time to go to a few sessions.
Lotus Knows that I'm really looking forward to working with XPages in 8.5.2
Lotus Knows that 8.5.2 Xpages is really going to change the game.
Lotus Knows that lunch today was actually pretty good.
Lotus Knows it's time to give the repeat of BP207 with David Leedy
Lotus Knows it was silly scheduling it against another XPages session in the next room.
Lotus Knows it still went pretty well ( thanks for filling in the evals )
Lotus Knows who's eval said our demos were too long and complex ( there were no demos )
Lotus Knows it's time for more sessions.
Lotus Knows that you can walk from Swan/Dolphin to Hollywood Studios
Lotus Knows that a LOT of people walked over
Lotus Knows that they wanted people to take the busses
Lotus Knows there were still disney guests in the parks at 8pm
Lotus Knows it was a bit of a screwup on Disney's part for not having the park cleared.
Lotus Knows it's still a great park.
Lotus Knows I'm tired.
Day 4 : Thursday
Lotus Knows I'll never make a 7am BOF
Lotus Knows I'll also never make the breakfast meals.
Lotus Knows it's time to go to a few sessions.
Lotus Knows that Thursday is a bit of a slack day for many
Lotus Knows that I need to get on stage for the Gurupoluza session.
Lotus Knows I actually got to answer a question onstage.
Lotus Knows it's a long walk back to Dolphin to pickup a box lunch
Lotus Knows the really nice cookie is back in the box lunch this year ( yum )
Lotus Knows it's a long walk back to the swan for Ask the Developers.
Lotus Knows I asked them a question on XPages documentation
Lotus Knows that the answer is that it's coming in a future release.
Lotus Knows it's a long walk back to the Dolphin for the Closing Session.
Lotus Knows my legs are tired, my feet are tired, etc.
Lotus Knows why they don't just hold the last three sessions in the Dolphin.
Lotus Knows the closing session was only ok this year.
Lotus Knows the guest speaker was interesting but not very engaging.
Lotus Knows it's time to get on the main stage for the blogger photo
Lotus Knows it's over for another year.
Lotus Knows I need a vacation after a busy week.
Lotus Knows I'm going on a cruise in a few days.
Lotus Knows I'll be back again next year.....