Crazy day today.
- Recorded video to be used next week for VMware (redacted) Launch.
- Finished up the first phase of 2012 planning (tech, budgets, finance, etc) – this is used on my team meetings on Sat/Sun to formally kick off the 2012 planning window internally. Oh to be a competitor fly on the wall on that pair of meetings. Would be great, but also TERRIFYING.
- Built a demo around something that won’t be real for several years (but useful to show where we are going) – @#$in’ awesome. People who know what I’m talking about – you know who you are – you know I’m not kidding.
- Spent 2hrs with Pat Gelsinger doing a deep 401 level dive in VASA, VAAI (vSphere 4.1 and 5), VSI, our array vCenter integration – I have to say, I have a lot of respect for the man. As the COO of EMC, the fact he WANTS to go deep on this stuff is quite inspiring, frankly.
- Met with 2 customers.
- Did a podcast with John Troyer. I’m not kidding in the bit I mentioned in there. SUP1006 and SPO3977 are going to contain stuff that will … blow… people’s… minds….
Ok – back to the “top 10 list”.
Top 4 = “Meet ups”. During today’s podcast with John Troyer from VMware, Edward Haletky (good dude in his own right) when asked for “VMworld survival tips” mentioned to “stop, sit with a stranger and say hello to a stranger” (paraphrasing). he’s right. We’re so insular sometimes, it’s great to use these conferences to make new friends, expand our networks – like Ed said (again paraphrasing from memory): “you never know – you might be having a challenge that they share, and solve it together”. VMworld is filled with 20,000+ people LIKE YOU. They are on the journey, right beside you.
I find that the social media “meet ups"/”tweet ups” are a great forum to make connections (but hey, if you see me, no matter what the context, SAY HELLO. I’m very friendly, and non-threatening :-) The meetups/tweetups tend to be a great way to make connections with people you already know virtually.
Here are some to checkout (in chronological order) – read on for details…
- VMware vExpert Program Meeting
- Sunday at 3-6pm Palazzo (Room TBD) - bummer that it overlaps with my team meeting. Wish I could be there!
- Official "Unofficial" VMworld Community Tweetup
- 7:30-9:30pm - V-Bar, Venetian Open to all VMworld attendees, especially VMTN community & VMworld Twitter/Blogger contributors
- Bogomil & I along with (maybe) Special Guest – Bogomil and I are fun – if we get our guest it will be interesting…
- 1:15pm on Tuesday – at the EMC booth.
- Hall Crawl – Best way to check out the big guys, the little guys and have fun at the same time. Enjoy a refreshing beverage while you see the latest products and services from over 250 exhibitors in the Solutions Exchange.
- Tuesday, 3:00-5:30pm @ Solutions Exchange Conference
- VCE Tweetup #VCE - All VMworld attendees interested in learning more about Vblocks or talking to the VCE team. They are a good crew, and lots of great stuff going on!
- Tuesday - 5:30 - 6:30 @ Double Helix Wine & Whiskey Bar @ Palazzo
- Tweetup with Aaron Chaisson (one of the vSpecialist leaders – a crazy expert on VMware/EMC)
- 11:30am Wed in the vMware Social Community Lounge
- Tweetup with Dave Henry “EMC/VMware integration” – Dave has a ponytail to spank all ponytails :-) and is a good dude to boot.
- 10:30am Wed in the EMC booth, then again on Thursday at 10:30am
- Tweetup with Chuck Hollis – Chuck is a guy with a perspective that is ALWAYS a little different than mine. And that’s the fun.
- 1:30pm on Wednesday – at the EMC booth.
There’s a lot more – and stuff for EVERYONE. The VMware crew have a great page setup for this here: http://www.vmworld.com/docs/DOC-5504
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