Had a good chat with loads of people, Karin, Jim, David, Ross, Mike, Craig, Chris, Ian, & Ian, Danny, nffc, Terrier (I think it was), & others whose names I didnt catch.. lots of interesing stuff, missed you Eric Jarvis but I am sure I will catch you sometime.
Seeing search engine commando on the next table to google whose tos it breaks is amusing, thanks for the discussion ..
The weather would be better for one in California? better get back to work and make some money so I can go to that :-)
Lots of secrets revealed ..... great stuff
:)
my thoughts on the day...excellent...I managed to put some more names to faces...learned loads of wonderful things...and have come out of it with a number of ways of making our site work better...not bad for having a few drinks in a pub with some great company
[1] for those unused to the phrase...I need to get "a round tuit"
Don't think I met you- but sooo many new faces and such excitement that it was hard to keep track. Vid mpegs will be free of course- just need to figure out where I have the bandwith to upload them, as my poor website is maxed out. I got shots of the speeches, pub scenes, and plenty of shots from the hotel bar/lobby on Sat. night. Most people became quite shy when the camera was pointed their way, except for the flirtatious Dutchman Vitaplease who saw fit to blow the camera a kiss.
Ha ha.
got bandwidth coming out of every corner here, feel free to let me know if you have a problem.
Shak
Was wonderful to meet as many of you that I did. Missed so many others. It was truly a fantastic time with some great discussions. Lots of insight from lots of great talented people.
Totally great job Brett! Thanks to the sponsors, and most definitely can't wait to do it again.
Still thinking about that name change...for anyone sitting at the table Sunday nite till the wee hours... :)
Anyway, thanks to all who worked so hard for such a great ourcome.
Just such fun to sit around with a ton of people whose eyes don't glaze over when I talk shop. Though that still happened a little with scripting talk. ;)
It is amazing to see all of the different approaches to what we do.
Big Thank you to Brett and the sponsors.
SEGuru2, still think the new name is solid
Finally i enjoyed it as Hell!
I am lookig forward to BarCon (i know where it is :) )
Sadly, I appear to have misplaced my $100 AdWords voucher - probably as a result of not leaving the bar until 11pm.
Do you think it would be feasible to contact Google for a replacement?
Cheers.
Looking forward to the next one (not sure about the video though Stace - vaguely remember doing a drunken impression of Jerry Springer..... ;) )
It was a lot of fun. I appreciated the suggestion to remain awake through the evening. I actually slept on the flight home. I got REALLY lucky and got an earlier stand-by flight for the last leg of the trip-it was the only 2 seats left-and I was the only one in that row. (Ah...the feeling of stretching out your legs when everyone else is cramped.)
The conference was a lot of fun, the nightly lounge SE strategies and FOO sessions, the wonderful feeling that you are at home amongst such a diverse set of people.
Worst experience: Introducing the bathroom to a 'shower' of english beer while looking for the lightswitch.
I had a memorable time and I am looking forward to the next one with eagerness.