CERN<\/a> guys for attending. As well as the presentation I managed to attend, I heard excellent reviews of several others. These guys are just the type of top-quality contributors the User Group needs and very modest and good fun with it. I hope they become regular visitors.<\/p>\nI had a couple of pints, made my excuses and left at 11:30 so I could be up early. However, I hear that some stayed there until 4:30! Now, I *know* I’m getting old, because I could never manage that! (Then again, I saw the state of them in the morning 😉 )<\/p>\n
The final day dawned and all I really managed was my own presentation.<\/p>\n
It was one of those rare occasions when I felt good about it at the end. It *was* very light-weight technically, but I think it flowed quite well and the audience reaction was excellent. I think sometimes you need a little opinion in the presentation for people to connect with, as well as a little technical content. <\/p>\n
Updated Later<\/p>\n
Thanks (I think!) to Peter Robson for the following photo. I can assure you I didn’t spend the *entire* presentation with that look on my face! (and, *yes* I *do* have a red laptop)<\/b><\/p>\n
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I was very pleased to see Graham Wood in the audience but hadn’t realised how much he had worked on OFA, as well as Cary Millsap and other guys at Oracle. That was useful, though, because he was able to clarify one or two points and afterwards we had a terrific in-depth conversation about some of the more recent history of OFA. That was one of the highlights of my week. (Oh, and Graham, it ws Nigel Thomas who asked me to say hello!)<\/p>\n
In fact, I had quite a few conversations with people after the presentation which is always a big part of the conference. (I was particularly pleased to see someone who attended my presentation had already downloaded Cary’s OFA paper to his PDA to read on the trip home – mission accomplished!) Unfortunately, it also meant that I had a toss-up between lunch (hadn’t eaten again) and Jonathan Lewis’ Masterclass. The stomach won. Then it was off to the airport and back home.<\/p>\n
I wish I’d had time for more fun and learning during the conference. In future, although I know I can work on a presentation during a conference (useful if life has been busy in the lead-up), it’s definitely not the best approach. A few tweaks, maybe, but not the entire presentation 😉<\/p>\n
It was still a good week, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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