Thursday, May 3, 2012

2012 IBM Impact/Inner Circle: Day 3

Last full day in Vegas. And it was full. I was running (and eating) non-stop. I've decided that I really want to get a Pure Application System. I think that it would be a good additional to our architecture, although I have to get rid of some things in the process. I also saw good details on IBM's new mobility development and runtime environment: Worklight. We might need some of that as well.

Food was very social today. I certainly had enough sushi for a day. Did a little bit of souvenir shopping. No real shopping on this trip. And then I returned a bit of money back to the Palazzo casino, but I had fun. Over all, I only lost $20. But yesterday at this time I was up $4!

Must go back and get ready to go early in the AM!

Posted by Adam @ 12:55 AM CST [Link]

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

2012 IBM Impact/Inner Circle: Day 2

After a wonderful meal at Bouchon how could today compare? Well, I saw some good Pure Application System information. It really turns my head around on what type of systems we should be buying. Some roadmap stuff for some other products as well. I had lunch with Steve Mills who like #3 at IBM. He's got a wealth of history and knowledge about computing. It was a great lunch. I also had a drink with my favorite IBM CTO.

The day was short due to starting late and ending early. Dinner tonight was at Joe's Stone Crab over at Caesars. That was my first bout of fresh air in a long time. Hot and not so fresh, but it was nice. I'm taking a quick break before trying not to lose my $20 from yesterday and going to see a Cirque show over at Treasure Island. It doesn't sound like it, but it's work!

Posted by Adam @ 10:29 PM CST [Link]

2012 IBM Impact/Inner Circle: Day 1

Another another day 1 of Inner Circle is complete. All in all, I can't complain. We had a pretty good general session this morning. Lots of Steve Jobs stories from Walter Isaccson. A little bit of product stuff, include a good Pure Applications System demo from Jason McGee. Sessions are sessions. Got a Portal Server update. WAS update. Saw the Inner Circle Kick Off and Jerry Cuomo's yearly technology trends report. Oh, apparently the trends are Cloud, Mobile, Big Data, and Social. Who knew? The other mantra is Innovate, Transform, Grow. Yup, got it.

In social news, I talked to some people I know included my favorite CTO of Cloud Computing (hi Frank). And very lovely dinner at Bouchon. Best G&T anywhere.

In gambling news, I played for 15 minutes or so and didn't lose. I found a good machine based on The Dark Knight and it paid well. I suppose if I was more adventuresome I would have made more. Or lost more.

Posted by Adam @ 12:48 AM CST [Link]

Monday, April 30, 2012

2012 IBM Impact/Inner Circle: Day 0

I had a really nice weekend at home. Busy, mostly cooking, cleaning, and getting ready to go. It didn't even seem like I had much time at home today, not with a 11.12am flight to Las Vegas.

I spent a big chunk of my flight reading old blog stuff. Wow. What a fascinating adventure. Lots of changes, lots of trips, lots of children. OK, two. I realized a bunch of things while reading. I posted a lot more. I posted a lot of information verbatim, sometimes with, sometimes without attribution. I found some articles I totally forgot about.

Angie is right (as usual), I travelled a lot while I was at SVU. There's trips I really don't even remember. And lots of details that I wouldn't remember unless they were documented. There's some good stories in there.

And there were quite of random bits of life in there as well. If I were motivated I'd link them all, but meh. I do feel quite motivated to switch to a wordpress blog and write more. Perhaps I should document the grad school adventure that way.

So far as this even goes. I've been to it in 2001, 2004, 2008-2012. All in Vegas except for 2004 in San Francisco. I bumped into one of my favorite IBMs via Facebook while waiting for a taxi. And on my way to register I bumped into Jason McGee, who I've met before, who did the only good part of the Pure System launch a couple of weeks ago. So I told him! Usually there's just three of us here. Tuesday and Wednesday there will be 8 of us! 7 of us now. I feel quite responsible for them.

So after lunch and registering, we went adventuring. OK, we wandered down the strip. Through Mirage, Caesar's, Bellagio, and then various parts of the City Center complex. We took a tram from Aria back to Bellagio... except that the doors didn't open at Bellagio and made a whole additional round trip. Not fun. Once we made it back to the Palazzo we hooked up with some of our IBM friends and went to the Buffet at Wynn. I'm trying really hard not to over eat. I'm full, no doubt about it, but not stuffed. And then once our night wound down, I ended it by losing $20 in various slot machines. Quickly.

Posted by Adam @ 12:25 AM CST [Link]

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Concerts I've listened to, October 2011

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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Concerts I've listened to, September 2011

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