I can't believe that not one of the "cool" folks on CodeBetter.com didn't make it to the PDC.
OK, so I'm totally lying. I do understand why they couldn't make, but that doesn't mean that I'm not bummed about it. So, Brendan asked me to step in a be the "man in the field" for CodeBetter and I said yes, but it is sure hard to drink a beer with you guys over the internet (don't worry, I'll just drink yours, since you can't get to it).
PDC is one big party with a bunch of little parties intermingled within it. Last night Kirk Allen Evans and CSNA thru a party at the Standard and I was there. Afterwards a bunch of us went over to Morton's for dinner (mostly the Patterns and Practices team guys). I was supposed to hook up with Edgardo and Sean, but we ran late, and Sean was still on East Coast time, so I missed them. One of the problems I've noticed that I have is actually sticking to some sort of schedule at a conference. I go from place to place and bump into friends. I tag along for a while and then bump into another group of friends, the 2 groups merge, and eventually break up into new groups and head off in different directions. So my day is a constant day of randomness. Tonight is a great example. from 6 to 9 PM there are 3 different events I want to attend, the Mono event, the PDC Underground, and the Vendor night at the Conference Center. I have no idea which one I'll attend, but I think I'll start at the Vendor night. I also wanted to attend some of the BoF sessions, but they are not until after the vendor event (which ends at 9PM), and I have an Influencers/MVP event to go to in Hollywood from 9 until 1AM.
I'll let you know how it all turns out.
Don
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