Heading home from Admincamp

Sitting in Dusseldorf Airport now, waiting
for a flight to Heathrow and then to Belfast.  I had not been to Admincamp
in 2 years, and the event has
matured and grown very well.  Rudi and the gang have managed to put
together a deeply technical, fun conference with people from various parts
of Europe, in English and German.  Smart scheduling, excellent food,
and a free bar (for those that could use it – I was not too well) lead
to excellent networking opportunities.  Sticking to an excellent venue,
near airports and train stations made the event easily commutable.  Rudi
covers all expenses for speakers, and cannot offer to do enough to help
us all out.  Any requests we made were actioned upon instantly.  A
good variety of young and old people, from networking specialists to business
decision makers, all there, all interacting in a fun atmosphere.  Rudi
has managed to pull off the correct mix of ILUG type fun, with a paid-for
event.  It has become the dark horse of the European conferences,
and I expect to see it grow in numbers and frequency in the next years.
 Job very well done.

Some points:

• Was great to meet Bill, Andrew, Gab
  and all the other gang.  As much as that is good, meeting new people
  is always great.

• Food was excellent, beer was (apparently)
  excellent

• Greg Engels "Presentation Karaoke"
  game is hilarious and much harder then it looks.  

• DAOS has everyone interested.  I
  can see us having to hold customers back from rolling the feature out

• Teamstudio, as ever, are one of the
  best sponsors in a European event – non intrusive, passive, interesting.