Even though many of you are either here in rainy San Francisco or are following OpenWorld via its many virtual channels (#oow09 on Twitter, OpenWorld Live, OraNA (and @orana), etc.), I figured I’d give you a list of what I’ve been doing.
Sunday, Day 0:
- Landed around 11:30 in Oakland.
- Spent 35 minutes in the Bay Bridge maze.
- Saw an awesome OMG!!! PONIES!1! bumper sticker.
- Missed the start of Chris Bucchere‘s Ruby session.
- Hung out with Rich and Raimonds after the session.
- Went to the not-yet-open OTN Lounge to visit Justin.
- Noted his ORACLENERD shirt, lurking under his fleece.
- Plotted world domination with Rich over giant burritos.
- Waited to meetup with Floyd.
- Ran into Ted and had a drink.
- Bailed on Floyd who had better things to do 🙂
- Checked into hotel to discover the bar and room service were already closed.
- Felt disappointed.
Monday, Day 1:
- Arrived at OTN Lounge to catch the morning keynote.
- Plotted world domination with Rich.
- Ran into Tim.
- Plotted world domination with Paul.
- Said hello to Floyd before his unconference session.
- Had a ZOMG moment when he gave us Mars Rover stickers.
- Forgave him for blowing me off on Sunday 🙂
- Plotted world domination with Rich, Paul and Anthony.
- Went to WebCenter 11g Strategy and Vision session.
- Met our new boss, Rahul Patel.
- Plotted more world domination over lunch.
- Made the end of the WebCenter 11g introduction session.
- Noticed each session listed available space and reserved space.
- Chatted with Paul about how to build a game for speakers around those numbers.
- Chatted with Paul about predictive markets and under/over for session attendance.
- Decided that would be fun to pitch to Marketing next year.
- Hunkered down in the OTN Lounge to get serious on that domination.
- Ran into Floyd again.
- Met Espen, who had been stalking me on Foursquare 🙂
- Said hello to Marius.
- Headed to WebCenter 11g REST session.
- Got promoted to Superuser Level 1 in Foursquare.
- Gloated.
- Left session with some questions that we’ll need to address.
- Hiked over to the Hilton with Anthony for WebCenter 11g hands-on lab.
- Finished the lab before Anthony.
- Gloated.
- Stole my first Foursquare mayorship, Jillian’s, doubt that will last.
- Had drinks with my old boss.
- Headed back to my hotel.
I’ll try to keep a log. It’s rainy like crazy today, which should make for an interesting day or more.
