COLLABORATE: Day 2 Wrap Up
Yes, it's 4 in the morning. Yes, I'm still on east coast time. Yes, I'm tired...but I'm having fun.
First, a special nod to Larry (
@larry_slo) from
Perceptive Software...he hooked me up with a USB charger for my blackberry. I can now maintain contact with the family without having to resort to extraordinary measures.
So where did I leave off?
Oh yeah, stupid phone.
So I asked the security desks at both the Excalibur and Mandalay...and they had a hundred different chargers, just no BB chargers.
So I tried the stupid $5 quick charge machine, which didn't work for sh...
I then wandered up to the OAUG Headquarters and asked them. Allison Dixon (
@COLLAB_10_OAUG) came to my rescue again and helped me to get a temporary charge. Then Larry came through big time with the loan.
With phone ready, I was able to go through the exhibition hall with no worries. First stop, beer. Tecate. It was 5...and everyone else was doing it, so why not me? Besides, I was asked to deliver one to Jeff Smith (
@hillbillytoad) and Todd Sheetz (
@toddsheetz).
Almost forgot, I am no longer an Oracle employee (imagine that, me with a short stint somewhere).
That was Allison's doing. OAUG staff is awesome.
I also met
Craig Shallahamer of
OraPub fame, who presented at SOUG a couple of weeks ago (I missed it as I was out of town).
Somewhere, somehow, I made it to dinner where I wouldn't eat this guy:
He had eyes and legs...I don't eat shrimp like that.
Great day...I'm exhausted...going to bed. Start over again tomorrow.
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