Trade Show Travelog #8
LAS Airport - Thu, 5 Dec 2024, 6:15pmAnother year of AWS re:Invent is a wrap. The exhibitor show closed at 4pm today. I'm now at the airport awaiting my 7:15pm flight home ( Read more... )

Trade Show Travelog #7
Back at the hotel - Wed, 4 Dec 2024, 10:45pmI'm back in my hotel room now, shoes off and smoky clothes tossed in the closet. Day 3 of the AWS trade show is in the books ( Read more... )

Trade Show Travelog #6
The Wynn Las Vegas - Wed, 4 Dec 2024, 8am

Taking it easy is rarely something that happens at a trade show. Sometimes the opportunity comes around, though. Generally it requires affirmative effort to make it happen, which is kind of ironic. I had an opportunity to carve out some "me" time after Day 2 at the trade show and I ( Read more... )

Trade Show Travelog #5
Sands convention Center - Tue, 3 Dec 2024, 2:15pmDay 2 at the AWS trade show is partly over. For me, though, the at-the-show part is completely over. In a few minutes I'll head to my hotel room to catch up on email, Slack, and other stuff for the rest of the day ( Read more... )

Trade Show Travelog #4
At the hotel - Tue, 3 Dec 2024, 8am

Day 1 of the trade show is a wrap, and now I'm getting ready for Day 2.

Yesterday's evening reception at the booth was busy. We were on our feet and going from just before the opening at 4pm until past the closing bell at 7. After that I joined with a few of my technical sales colleagues ( Read more... )

Trade Show Travelog #3
Sands convention center - Mon, 2 Dec 2024, 4pm

Day 1 of the AWS re:Invent trade show is getting going.


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Trade Show Travelog #2
At my hotel - Mon, 2 Dec 2024, 3pm

Okay, first, before I write about getting settled in in Las Vegas, I've go to share this because the flight attendant on my Southwest flight asked all of us passengers to:


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Trade Show Travelog #1
SJC Airport - Mon, 2 Dec 2024, 10:15am

A little over 9 hours after getting home from one airport I left for another. We got home minutes before midnight last night from our Thanksgiving trip. After packing away stuff from my suitcase, showing, and winding down I didn't get to bed until almost 1am. Later this morning my usual ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving '24 Travelog #16
Back Home - Mon, 2 Dec 2024, 12:15am

Hawk and I got home late this evening from our Thanksgiving trip to the east coast. We always knew it was going to be a late evening as our flight was scheduled to leave Baltimore at 7:10pm and land in Oakland at 10:10. Best case we'd be home a bit after 11, we knew.. For a few ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd say it, but I'm feeling burnt out on eating at good steak restaurants. I don't mean burnt out forever, fortunately. Just burnt out for maybe a few days after eating at nice steakhouses two nights in a row.

These two dinners were connected to the small conference my company sponsored yesterday. Both meals were with customers. ( Read more... )