Chowda in the Haarba
Last week was my first Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Boston. It was the event that I've wanted to attend for more than a year. The product I work on, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, is built on a partner network that spans the globe. Partners serve as our force on the ground that work directly with customers at a scale Microsoft could never reach. It's been my goal to develop better connections with this group and WPC was the right place to go. Using a tool called RIO that facilitated "structured networking", I met with successful CRM VARs and ISVs in countries as far as Germany and South Africa. There was also a lot of "un-structured networking" in the evenings, if you know what I mean. ;)
In a stroke of coincidence, WPC is put on by CRG Events, the company that my friend Marcie works for. Marcie was on site for the event, so we made plans to spend an extra day hanging around the fantastic city of Boston. Despite the mugginess of the climate, we entertained ourselves taking strolls in and around Boston Common, taking detours to pop our heads into a small selection of tourist spots off a menu rich in American history. We ended our day by going for a sail on the tall ship Formiddable, a modern version of a Brigantine, which took us for a spin and tour around Boston Harbor, complete with a (slightly cheesy) mock naval battle on the seas. It was a fine way to cap off a fun and exciting visit.
I've posted pictures of my escapades in the Big Apple and Boston up on Google's new Picasa Web Albums. Despite two solid and very late nights of tango in New York, I'm sorry to say that I don't have any milonga photos. Next time! New Yorkers dance wonderfully and it'd be a pleasure to return.
New York
Boston
Reposted from Adventures of a Vagabond
In a stroke of coincidence, WPC is put on by CRG Events, the company that my friend Marcie works for. Marcie was on site for the event, so we made plans to spend an extra day hanging around the fantastic city of Boston. Despite the mugginess of the climate, we entertained ourselves taking strolls in and around Boston Common, taking detours to pop our heads into a small selection of tourist spots off a menu rich in American history. We ended our day by going for a sail on the tall ship Formiddable, a modern version of a Brigantine, which took us for a spin and tour around Boston Harbor, complete with a (slightly cheesy) mock naval battle on the seas. It was a fine way to cap off a fun and exciting visit.
I've posted pictures of my escapades in the Big Apple and Boston up on Google's new Picasa Web Albums. Despite two solid and very late nights of tango in New York, I'm sorry to say that I don't have any milonga photos. Next time! New Yorkers dance wonderfully and it'd be a pleasure to return.
New York
Boston
Reposted from Adventures of a Vagabond