Wow, so it rained a bunch today, and it was windy. Like a tropical storm or something. Not the best weather for me, being umbrella-phobic and all. I nearly had my eye poked out a dozen times, not a good day to be anti-umbrella.
Anyway, here we go.
Tuesday, Day 2:
- Woke up to rain and wind.
- Looked out the hotel window to see Bay Bridge traffic backed up to Berkeley.
- Decided to catch the morning keynote on OpenWorld Live.
- Watched the keynote, stoked to be on the WebCenter team.
- Ventured out into the rain.
- Soaked through shirt and undershirt on the way to car.
- Sat in Bay Bridge maze for 45 minutes, recurring theme.
- Noticed how much angrier Bay Area drivers are compared to Portland drivers.
- Understood why.
- Felt bad for people who have to cross the Bay Bridge every day.
- Tweeted in traffic.
- Checked Google Maps traffic to confirm I was totally hosed.
- Felt nervous on the top deck of the Bay Bridge in 40 mph wind gusts.
- Made it to Moscone unscathed.
- Confronted fear of umbrellas.
- Ducked into Moscone West to avoid wet clothes contest.
- Stole Foursquare mayorship of Moscone West.
- Gloated to myself.
- Chatted with Bex in the OTN Lounge.
- Skipped a session to stay dry.
- Thought I lost my phone. Eek.
- Ran into Meg and Vivian.
- Felt bad for being discombobulated about my phone.
- Found my phone.
- Felt sheepish.
- Ran into Anthony.
- Convinced myself someone was blocking Brizzly and this blog to annoy me.
- Confirmed suspicions.
- Felt annoyed.
- Had lunch with Anthony and Dan.
- Learned from Dan that I couldn’t get an Exadata 2 instance to make Connect awesome-scary fast.
- Came to terms with that.
- Avoided umbrella eye-pokes.
- Returned to the OTN Lounge.
- Got the high hat from Floyd, again 🙂
- Attended a WebCenter Spaces demo.
- Learned some things.
- Plotted world domination with Matt, Dan, Paul, Floyd in the OTN Lounge.
- Went to a customer event.
- Went to the blogger meetup.
- Met a bunch of people.
- Caught up with people I know.
- Thanked Justin and Alex for paying and hosting.
- Hugged Floyd, Amy, Meg.
- Caught up with Floyd, finally.
- Wandered around SOMA a little.
- Blogged about it all.
Stay tuned for more tomorrow.
oh dear…was this before or after the meetup? 🙂
BTW, love the style of this and the previous post.
Thanks for coming to the meetup man. Great that so many people showed up!
After, why?
Good b/c there are two more coming, or maybe one if I feel lazy tonight.
Thanks again for organizing, good to meet you.
After, why?
Good b/c there are two more coming, or maybe one if I feel lazy tonight.
Thanks again for organizing, good to meet you.