So you are going to an event with 7,000 people that have similar interests to learn about a product that you have a vague idea about…I was excited prior to the event and nervous. I had a very bad week before the event. Every piece of technology that I brought with me to St. Louis broke. I had little sleep trying to get my code done and my technology to the point I started out with that Monday. Finally by Friday I was beat and hung out with my friends…On Saturday I went to Coders and everything after that was a huge blur…I think I boarded a plane to Vegas. I’m pretty sure I saw Susan Lennon and a bunch of other people, but honestly I feel like every social gene in my body has been used up for a while. I talked to sponsors, old friends, new friends, random people came up to me and said “So you are MOSSLover”…I got a lot of shwag and then it was over. I realized it’s awesome to attend the major conferences, but I love Code Camps and SharePoint Saturdays or smaller conferences better. I get to meet people and spend time with them. I did have a good time, but it felt like I barely had a minute to spend to myself. I didn’t drink, because if I had started drinking alcohol for one second I would have missed something cool. I attended all but 3 sessions. I woke up every single day and attended the first session of each day. I’m still trying to process what I think about 2010, because it’s just insanely amazing and too much. How cool is it that I no longer need a hojillion sticks of ram in my computer? Isn’t it nice to load up the interface and have a nice Ajaxified prettiness? Isn’t it nice to finally hear about WCF being the standard for webservices?
Here is for round 2…I remember 2007 I was reading people’s blog entries…I remember thinking I wish I was as happy about my job like so and so. I know I’ve said this before, but I love what I do. Ever since I got involved with the community, despite partial times of insanity. It felt really nice to fit in somewhere when I have never in my life felt like I fit in anywhere. Thanks for that everyone. I really appreciate it. And so the insanity continues time for more SharePoint Saturday Kansas City planning and move planning. Maybe sometime next year I can breath a little more. See you all later…