I have been so busy and travelling so much lately. But in doing all of this I have been having a blast. Last week I was in Washington DC, okay Reston, for the Best Practices Conference. All I can say was this conference was GREAT!!! If you have never been before I suggest that you add it to your SharePoint conference wish list.
Each time I travel for a SharePoint event, I meet so many great people as well as see more and more people that I have met and consider friends. At the Best Practices conference, I again got to see old friends and meet new ones. I must say that these events seem so different to me than normal technology events (not that I have been to a great number of those). The feeling of being a part of a giant family where you can disagree and agree all at the same time.
It is such a unique experience and definitely one of my favorite things about the SharePoint world. I had such a wonderful time at the Best Practices Conference this year. I would like to thank the Mindsharp crew for all their hard work on putting together this conference.
The Best Practices conference focuses on how to use the SharePoint technology in the best ways. Hence the name Best Practices. I learned so much for some many great speakers. The topics were so wide spread that I had a hard time deciding which sessions to attend.
Since lately I have been trying to learn more about SharePoint Development though, I decided to focus primarily on the SharePoint developers track. I was also able to live blog the event for EndUserSharePoint.com . Thanks so much to Mark Miller and the Bamboo Nation boys for their Media Sponsorship.
There were so many great SharePoint people at this conference that I might forget a few, but here is my best ability to call them all out:
Brett Lonsdale, Laura Rogers, Lori Gowin, Ruven Gotz, Paul Schaeflin, Dux Raymond Sy, Scott Singleton, Paul Culmsee, Andrew Woodward, Dan Usher, Zlatan Dzinic, Sarah Haase, Sara Windhorst, Don Zielke, Rick Taylor, Mike Ferrara, Christina Wheeler, and Darrin Bishop. Oh my gosh though, there were so many other great SharePoint people there.
This next week looks like it will be a busy one for me. My internal marketing replacement at CTS starts this week, plus I have to travel to Mobile to teach a MOSS University session on Wednesday. So, a busy week ahead and only a week and a half until I leave for my vacation in NYC before SharePoint Saturday NYC.