WPC09: Day 0

Hello Everyone, today was my first day and the Microsoft World Partner Conference 2009. I call it day 0 because technically WPC hasn't started yet but they did have some events and registration today. So now to tell you all about my day at WPC.

First let me begin with yesterday: I have never flown commercially before. So I was kind of excited and kind of nervous. I arrived a little later than I wanted to (About 28 minutes before the plane took off) but we were in Fargo so security really isn't much of an issue. I did get this picture of fog going through the valleys below us:

I thought it was a really cool picture. Either way we flew from Fargo to O'Hare and then sat there for quite a while. We did get to spin a wheel for prizes. I won a bottle of water. W00t. Either way here is Ken and I hanging out in the airport:

You can tell how excited I look about the world. After all of that we finally made it to New Orleans and I ate, a lot. Then I slept.

We finally get to the fun stuff now. My true experience at WPC09. The first thing I had to do this morning was register. For being here you get a one gig USB drive, a decent pen, and a pretty sweet bag as you can see here from my expression:

Man you can't help but love swag. Now the other big excitement at WPC09 this year is that there are Microsoft Surfaces everywhere! They are really fun to play with they gave us cards that have an IR tag on the bag that allows you to drop the card on the Surface, put your info on the screen and then get other peoples info from their cards. All at the tips of your fingers, literally! It was quite fun other than it wouldn't magically connect to my phone.

I highly suggest clicking on that picture so you can see the super cool UI. It was quite impressive the only downfall is that it had the ability to have your WPC09 schedule but you had to put it in all over again. It sadly didn't sync with DigitalWPC. Minor fail but that is ok just because it is super awesome.

Another cool thing we found walking around were the Microsoft lounges. These are cool little areas to meet up with Microsoft employees and just sit and chat. I found free software in one and so I grabbed a one of those. Also cool to notice that they are blue. Really Blue.

Yes I know, a pair of converse and shorts is pretty nerdtastic but sometimes comfort comes before style. Now because we are in New Orleans everything is very, very carvinal-y so there were random people running around, juggling, and giving out beads. Oh yeah and then there was this:

Yes, it is true I was very surprised and confused when she leaned on my head. That one picture pretty much sums up the evening nicely though. A whole lot of crazy stuff that got me way too excited for my own good. I hope everyone else at WPC is having a good time! For all of you not here you can live precariously through me!