PDC Day 01 (Lost in Translation)

Good morning! The night went well with no blackouts, earthquakes (where are the earthquakes!) and very little food as parts of this town seem to roll up at 9PM. I'm staying at the Miyako hotel, not an "official" PDC hotel but it was what Expedia suggested to me and looked pretty good so I went for it (note to self: 3 star hotels in L.A. do not mean what I think they do as far as the rest of the world is concerned). So it seems everything here is geared, well, for the more Oriental types whos average height is 4'5". I'm not a really tall guy at 5'11" but as you can from the photo below, the shower doesn't make for a good morning experience. Next visit I'll ask for the hotel run by Amazons (not the Jeff Bezos type).

Well, at least Channel 9 guy can get a good start on the morning.

I just wanted to mention Flickr just plain rocks! I mean there are some great tools out there (Skype, Google, etc.) but Flickr just plain rocks. I've been using it for awhile now but didn't get to upload a lot of pics until PDC. Then I figured I would see what the "pay" version was like and it's great. Get it. Really. It's only $25 bucks a year. Yes, a year! It's more than worth it.

Anyways, Channel 9 guy and I are off (I've decided that he will now be my official guide while I'm here in California and handle all the press and photo ops that may come my way as he works on being my agent). Everyone needs a travel companion and at least he's foam and not imaginary. So we're off for breaky at PDC and hit the sessions, Bill G's keynote, and the SharePoint pit (I'm just teaching Channel 9 guy the SharePoint ropes so be kind to him when asking questions). Back later from the floor and more pics!

PDC05
Flickr (what is with that shower?)
Moblog
Google Maps where I'm staying (Miyako)