Just because more people spoke more fluently in programming language than in conversational English, don't let that fool you. The Underground @PDC09 was an event not soon to be forgotten.
When I first arrived on the scene there were lines circled around the block outside the Conga Room, and rows of alphabetized check in tables once you managed to get past the bouncers. (Don't ask me how I bi-passed the long lines) ;)
Once indoors you were immediately greeted by the friendly Microsoft folks handing out literature and name tags, while live Conga players got the anxious attendees in the party mood. Upstairs the club was filled to capacity with PDC attendees being pampered with catered food, several open bars, hand rolled cigars, Laker Girls, a product demo room and of course the keynote presentations by: Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President Microsoft .Net Developer Platform Loic Le Meur - CEO of Seesmic Andy Lapin - Kelly Blue Book. Mickey Williams - Newdesic & David Chou - Microsoft Loke Uei Tan - Windows Phone Danyel Fisher - Microsoft Research Hosted by Matt Thompson - General Manager Microsoft West Region Developer and Platform Evangelism I was pleased to run into several of my favorite tech and social media folk at the event, and I enjoyed the mingling, live time tweeting, and brain picking of the over flow of genius attending the event. Thank you Microsoft, you sure know how to treat your people right! =)*Special thanks go out to Lynn Langit (@llangit) for putting together yet another amazing event and Mike Prasad (@girlgamer) for extending the invitation. *Featured in the awesomely FUZZY Blackberry Curve photos @staceysoleil, @mayhemstudios, @lakergirls, @loic, @seanpercival, @vodka_absolut @markjeffrey, @techfrog, @mikeprasad, @michaelpilla, @natasha, @bing, @scottgu and @ribeezie
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