So here I sit at 4:30 in the morning in my hotel room. I’m both excited and anxious about Tech Ed this year. Excited because I’m getting to speak again. And anxious for the same reason. Will I keep the audience engaged? Will all my demos work? Will the attendees like the demos? I’ve put a good bit of work into this presentation over the past couple of months, but that doesn’t stop the last minute tweaking. So here I am, vamping and revamping my demos. 2 days to go.
There are some really good sessions today at Tech Ed including a futures look at Application Lifecycle Management that I’m planning on attending.
If you want to find me, I’ll be working the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate booth from 12 – 2 today. Other than that, I’ll probably either be in the speaker room or in the open area, working on my presentation. If you want to find me to talk, just shoot me an email at mickey_gousset at yahoo dot com. I love doing that. Last night was a great example. In the elevator ride up last night, in the hotel, I struck up a conversation with a guy named Mike. Turns out Mike is a developer who is looking to install and use TFS 2010 in his company’s environment. We ended up having a 15 minute conversation in the hallway about TFS, development, and Tech Ed.
Interactions like that are going to be the most valuable thing I take away from being here, which is why I always try and talk to strangers, ask them how their day is, and what they are wanting to learn about. Try it today while sitting at breakfast or lunch.
That is also why I’ll probably do most of my prep work down in the blogging area of Tech Ed, rather than the speaker room, so I can be closer to the action!
