Greetings from the 10th anniversary R:BASE Developers' Conference from the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh!
The day's schedule got underway with the Authorized Developers' meeting at 1pm. Whereas previous meetings were scheduled for one hour in a cramped room, this one was scheduled (wisely, as it turns out) for four hours in a spacious room for the number of attendees (roughly 32).
The attendee from the most distant location had to be Adrian Hüssy from Switzerland. By far the most-well-represented US State was California. Notably, all the attendees from the Left Coast sat on the Right Side of the Room.
The AuthDev meeting featured a good bit of lively discussion on matters of interest to the audience. At the end of the day, there was white smoke on a couple of issues, and the participants retired to the registration reception.
As usual, John (photo to come) met everyone and handed out the bag of goodies. And what a nice bag it is! Sami had much to do with the fact that it is a recycling bag (that can be used, among other places, at the grocery) with an insulated lining. Other goodies include a very nice white polo with R:BASE logo, some M&Ms with various appropriate messages (Thanks, Oma!!!), a mouse pad with the new logo (see below), a quite nice new portfolio with notepad and pen/flashlight, a stress reliever (squeeze the stressed-out head for a soothing message), and yr. editor's favorite, a tee shirt with R:BASE logo. On the front. The back of the tee carries the logo yr. editor created at the last conference in response to the logo contest challenge. While yr. editor is tempted to take this as a huge compliment, the fact is that it was the only entry and thereby the default winner.
After introductions all around and some excellent hors d'oeuvres, the reception was adjourned in favor of dinner. Tomorrow promises to be an interesting day!
Fantasic !!
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