Some quick thoughts on BarCamp this weekend.

1.  Much praise is deserved to the organizers. 

Generally I felt like Tara Brown and the other organizers pulled together a great event.  As a second time BarCamper I was really impressed.  I can’t wait till the next one. 

2. Generally good sessions

Outside of one session, I learned a lot.  The speakers were knowledgeable enough to speak or organize discussions on the quick.  I spoke in a session with Chris Wilson from IE and Gilbert (sorry G I don’t want to butcher your last name and your card is at my house.)  I felt bad as I think I monopolized the discussion unintentionally.   I pulled some slides together on 5 things related to standards that from a search optimization perspective people are doing wrong.  

I was hustling through them as I only wanted to talk for 5 of our 30 minutes.  I ended up begging a bunch of questions.   I think I corrected misperceptions in the Q & A.   Needless to say I was sad that I took up so much time. Even though the feedback was good.

3. What the heck Adobe? 

Adobe was kind enough to let us use there facilities on Sat. and Sun. but there was jackhammering going on underneath the building.   Seriously, construction on a Saturday?  I had to step outside a couple of times because I felt like I was shaking.   Thanks again for the use of the space, but can you let us know in advance about the jackhammering, that will let us know how much beer must purchased to get them to stop.

4.  Party at the Red Door

Live Search Sponsored the party at the Red Door. It was lots of fun and I enjoyed the conversations.  Thanks to all the people who came and took a sticker. Thanks Aya Zook for coming out and helping me hand out drink tickets.

5.  Where is my barCampSeattle sticker?

My only regret, no barCampSeattle sticker. The t-shirt was great, but my laptop lacks the vinyl proof that I attended.  ;-) 

oh and one last thing….

Not saying anything that hasn’t been said before, but a conference designed to replicate the hallway conversations at other conferences still has its best conversations in the hallway.