So far, here are the trends I’ve noticed and recommendations:
Keynote:
Peoples bladders are only so big. Almost everything in the keynote was spectacular, just too much. I have no idea how the Lotus team got this much done to be able to announce this much. But please, I saw people sprinting to the bathroom and leg crossing was an Olympic sport this morning. This was after everyone had a lot of coffee.
Meeting Scheduling:
Once again, I have to take a bio break. Scheduling me back to back from 11-9 just has it’s limitations. I have to eat, I have to go. Please!
More on Meeting Scheduling:
You have to have some time to switch rooms. I’m not faulting the team here, every conference I go to leaves no time to switch rooms. A minor nit I know, but there are some like one presenter had to go between hotels and they didn’t leave time….
IBM Trackpoint:
I know it’s sold from Lenovo now, but I lost mine and had to turn on the touchpad which I had turned off because it’s not as good. Guess what, it’s still not as good. I don’t care what the other companies say, the trackpoint is the best part about using a Thinkpad, when you’ve lost your button.
1:1 Meetings:
No matter what great technology we have, in person is better than web presence, gaming, virtual….name it. And it worked for 7000 years just fine before we had the internet…..and most except the ultra introverts still get more out of it.
More on 1:1 Meetings:
No matter how interesting it is, the same thing over and over becomes the same thing over and over. What is interesting is when you wind up with the same exec or same analyst and the conversation is a deja vu moment. I took copious notes, but in looking back, I’m sure I typed the same thing any number of times.
Is it worth it?
At the end of the day, it’s invaluable. Good Job Lotus A/R team, development team, executive team and analyst community.
