After this I'm off to the airport and home to sunny Orlando. Here are my rapid fire quick takes:
- Great focus on community. Doug's closing session brought it all together.
- If you blog it, they will come. I can't tell you how many people said they saw me on the screen, or subscribed to the blog, or hunted me down to say hi. So what are you doing to get listened to?
- Make the sessions shorter. 1 1/2 hours is too long. Focus them to 45 min. with 15 minutes of Q&A. An hour is just about right and the questions are always great.
- I want Kimberly Tripp for the SQL stuff next year. Nobody does SQL tuning and tips like she does. But you'll need a big room. She's a great speaker. Bring her in and I'll pick up one of her meal tabs.
- Why isn't Dwight Specht an MVP? He's forgotten more about GP than I ever knew, and at one time, I thought I knew a lot. How do I nominate him?
- Robert Scoble needs to have the Fabulous Matt G on Channel 9. I sent Scoble an email and he's up for it. How do I get these two guys together? Satya? Doug? Bill? Somebody fly Robert to Fargo.
- The instructor led sessions were a hit. Long lines, tickets, sold out performance. I did check and as of yesterday, there were no reports of scalping. Maybe thats how I can pay for Convergence next year, hmm...
What I heard from people:
- San Diego, Orlando and Vegas are the top 3 suggestions for the future of Convergence
- The speakers in the sessions were of all over the map in terms of quality - focus hard on that.
- The busing between hotels worked, but it's really convenient if you can come down from your room and straight to a session. Yeah I know, that's easier with a 100 or a 1,000 people.
- Everyone was impressed with the size of Convergence this year.
I'll probably have a few more thoughts on the plane and post-convergence wrap up, but all this blogging is wearing me out. I'll be back to a more reasonable once or twice a week when I get home. Please don't take any of these comments as negatives. This was very good Convergence, we just always want more because that's what customers do!
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