I’ve been here in Boston for 2 days now with one expo day left and I have been a secret reporter. Not like the official press but instead watching from a company booth, secretly watching the movements of people and goodies. Its a fact that IBM, HP, and Sun are not here. The show floor is smallish and the contacts one can do are likewise smaller. I have met up with a few friends that have taken me back and met with a few interesting players in areas I find interesting and exciting like Project (dot) Net and a SugarCRM.
I don’t personally think that the show should remain in Boston. It should move back to New York because the shows there were more exciting, attended, fun. More big and small attendees. The dot orgs had some friends from the FSG days for me and I thank Ian and others for agreeing to let me participate and contribute as a community effort on the LSB. I’m gonna start doing volunteer work with the LSB/FSG starting next week and I’m really excited to be doing some work with community value. The work areas I have agreed to contribute and deliver are very challenging to me and I cannot wait to get started.
Tonite I went to a reception at the convention center with AFT and met a variety of people which is always fun. I bumped into HLH today which was the best of times since we agreed to meet up for beers and lunch on Friday.
I have one more 3 hour stint at the show and I’m done for the year. After tomorrow, I have a bit/ton of work to get done which I’ll do in the relative quiet of a hotel room for the next days. Then, its back to the “left coast” on Sunday and I bet I’ll still see rain there.
