For a while I thought I was not going to even step out of the hotel today. The hotel is connected by passageways to the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA) so when you are going to sessions (held in the hotel conference rooms) from the tech lab (in the PTA) you simply cut down this corridor. Lunch is in the PTA, although there has been some serious mis-communication between the lunch staff and the show staff about lunch for the workers as neither side really understands what the other side is doing. But we managed to grab something to eat before they completely shut down the food line.
The first of my three sessions was today and it went well. The demo was a little slow but that is a combination of my crappy laptop and the network. Everything worked and everyone was excited about the Android emulator that I showed. I think they are more excited about getting the emulator for testing than for seeing the demo.
After the sessions it was time for Tech Talk (or what used to be called Meet (Beat) the Experts). 3 more hours of work in the lab, trying to get the staff to bring a plate or two of food or drinks by as that was dinner. We didn't get a lot of bug questions, mostly queries about new products which was good. And we got some food.
GWAVA had their conference party right after Tech Talk and we met at the boat dock next to the PTA and took 2 canal boats from there to a dock more downtown as their party was at a place called Royalty! Travis, Lex, and I went, and Travis managed to get access to the VIP lounge where we hung out, had some Dutch appetizers and a few Pepsi Lights, waiting for some of the Novell brass to arrive. We had heard that Ken and possibly Ron were going to come, but we got tired of waiting and shortly before midnight we departed for the walk/ride back. Made it partly back but Robin really needed to get back quick so we flagged a taxi and got him back quick!
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