The early registration price made it easy to get rolling. If you're going, sign up early.
Nice to see some old faces. That was the biggest plus.
Lots and lots of effort to build excitement around the new gTLDs: booths, sponsors, auctions, reps - lots of reps. Meh. Not my thing.. I think it's still "tulip craze" time. There is ALWAYS a new round of suckers. Heck, even savvy me once acquired a few "browser plugin based ~quasi new tlds . . NOT". Argh.
Sessions? Meh. A decent one on the future of parking, from a technical perspective not necessarily from "you're going to make a killing, doing nothing, just like the old days". Alas .
Vegas? Hey, I'll take it . . maybe just not in January. 30 degrees at night.
Parties? A few. One with an open bar for 1/2 hour . . after which your next drink cost $18.00 . . and if you walked away from your drink for 2 minutes expect it to be hustled off your table . . even if you were seated in a booth and left ample indication you'd be right back. Argh. It was there M.O.
Did I talk a little business? Sure. Compare notes a bit? Sure. Rumor has it 40% of the attendees were first timers for a domain conference.
Did I put in a plug for WebmasterWorld and PubCon? Yeah, several times. Folks who think building is the way to go are still so clueless of the actual "how to's".
How long until I attend my next domain conference? Hmmm, it was about a decade since my last conference. Will I still give thought to "the domain issue" in another 10 years?
Stay tuned. I can't say if that will be a good thing or not.
See me in 10 years . . hopefully . . somewhere above ground . . and with my faculties intact.
