It's not my story, but one that both Kimberly and Steve told me on seperate occasions. Last year, Kim was flying to TechEd Europe on a non-direct flight to Barcelona. She relates that the passenger next to her started to chit chat before the flight took off and they both learned they were going to Barcelona. Then the discovered they were both going to TechEd to speak. That's when they finally introduced each other and Steve learned that he was sitting next to the top rated speaker from TechEd 2003 in Dallas.
I just left the community lounge in the Sails Pavilion where I said farewell to the track owners and saw Steve Checking his scores. The evaluation system gets turned off at noon tomorrow, here's where it stands...updated at 10:45 PM:
| Rank |
Code |
Title |
Score |
# |
| 1. |
MBS341 |
Navision Developer: Build Complete Vertical Solution(s) On Top of Business Suite Patrick Paludan-Müller |
8.84 |
5 |
| 2. |
DAT349 |
Preserving SQL Server Performance through Index Maintenance Kimberly L. Tripp |
8.81 |
120 |
| 3. |
SEC285 |
Defending Against Layer 8: How to Recognize and Combat Social Engineering Steve Riley |
8.80 |
192 |
| 4. |
DAT351 |
The Clustered Index Debate Kimberly L. Tripp |
8.78 |
89 |
| 5. |
SEC466 |
Wireless LAN Security with 802.1X, PEAP and WPA Steve Riley |
8.77 |
260 |
| 6. |
DEV314 |
ASP.NET 2.0: Overview (Part 2) Scott Guthrie |
8.76 |
175 |
| 7. |
MSG308 |
Securing Access to Exchange Server from the Internet Using ISA Steve Riley |
8.76 |
211 |
| 8. |
WIN495 |
Windows Passwords: Everything You Need to Know Mike Danseglio; Jesper Johansson |
8.74 |
287 |
| 9. |
SEC475 |
Network Threat Modeling Jesper Johansson |
8.73 |
98 |
| 10. |
DEV313 |
ASP.NET 2.0: Overview (Part 1) Scott Guthrie |
8.72 |
235 |