I had breakfast in there a couple of mornings. If you saw a tall bald guy with two screaming kids, that was me! :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Blackstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 11:50 AM Subject: RE: MEC 2002 comments? > That's why we all had breakfast at the Marriot in the AM. Ham Scrambles. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris H [mailto:ntpro@;woh.rr.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 7:58 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: MEC 2002 comments? > > > I have been to several Tech Eds and the last MEC. Content-wise I thought > this one was great, especially with more 2000 experience under everyone's > belt and more to talk about and report on. It seemed they skimped on all the > "extra's" that us geeks (or just me perhaps) like so much such as: > > -- Something HOT for breakfast (I kinda liked the different mexican spin you > could put on breakfast each day in Dallas) > -- A conference shirt I didnt have to jump through hoops for (and then they > ran out of them on Friday. This I paid $2K for????). And what happened to > Attendee Party shirts?? But I did get a stuffed Monkey after five shots at > that damned basketball hoop!! :) > -- Classes (lectures?) that REPEAT as there were overlaps of good content in > EVERY time slot. Repeat at off hours if you like for those of us interested. > -- Food still sucks but I realize it is hard to cook well for 6000 people. > -- Attendee party blew compared to the last couple at Universal Studios were > you had access to the whole park and food from the park; not catered crap. I > loved only getting to ride 4 different adult rides all night. Had I paid $99 > for my wife to go I would have been LIT! > -- Wireless access still needs A LOT of work. You think they would make it > more pervasive and add more AP's. If youre going to do it and Cisco is going > to be a sponsor, DO IT RIGHT. At the Cisco conferences the wireless is rock > solid and never fails. > > My 2 cents and of course I will be at Tech Ed next year for my 2 days of > abbreviated infrastructure content! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Murray Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:20 AM > Subject: MEC 2002 comments? > > > > Hm. It's almost Tuesday, and nobody has posted anything on the above > > subject. So, whassamatta? There is NO way that I'm the first. That's so > > unlikely that I can't come up with a comparison. > > > > I was disappointed about two things. First, I got sick again, just like > > Dallas. I spent more time than I wanted figuring out when I was to take my > > next dose of patent medicine. It doesn't do much, but it's better than > > nothing. Second, I couldn't find a source to manufacture my latest Great > > Idea (tm). What was it? A button saying "Have you seen Missy?". I tell ya, > I > > coulda sold a million of 'em...ahem, sorry. > > > > I did see Ed Woodrick, easily recognizable after meeting him in Boston in > > '98. Poor guy didn't have a clue who I was, but fought back bravely. Did > not > > see Ed Crowley, darn it all. > > > > For the record: > > - the party was better than Dallas > > - the party food was better than Dallas > > - the party would've been a LOT better if the _whole_ park had been open > > - the conference lunches would've been a LOT better without that damned > > zucchini. > > - the venue was a lot better than Boston > > > > BTW, ran into a Dallas native (hmm...is that a Dallas-ite? A Dallasian?) > who > > said that the Dallas Convention Centre had expanded, adding another 30,000 > > square feet (I think that's the number). Sounds like lots of room for > TechEd > > 2003! > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
