BriForum 2008 Chicago Attendee Blog
BriForum 2008 DEMO Lab video podcasts now online
Those of you who attended BriForum probably noticed us filming Brian in the DEMO Lab . We were recording videos of the vendors showing off what they brought to BriForum. Links to the videos are available at the bottom of this blog post. A new Brian Madden Compan...
Michael Thomason website
I am looking for more information on the DPM that Mike mentioned in his presentation. www.autometrix.com is giving me a dead link did the site move?...
BriForum Presentations and Videos - How to download?
Anyone:How do I download BriForum presentations and videos? If I recollect right, Brian mentioned that these will be available the day after presentation.Manoj...
I Wish
Although i really enjoyed Briforum and the Login Consultants I would have like to see more of Wim Van Balen! ( a prior BriForum speaker) He's the Man!...
Citrix ICA for the iPhone?
I got home today from Briforum and started to play catch up on news that I may have missed while I was gone at Briforum, and I came across this one from...
Live Mesh Sign Up?
This afternoon Nelly Porter gave a presentation on Microsoft Graphics Remoting: Now, Next and Beyond, and she showed Microsoft's new Live Mesh Project tech preview towards the end. Live Mesh looks really awesome and really reminds me of ...
These new headphones are awesome...
So I was the one that won the wireless headphones after Brian called like 10 names. I was all excited to read on the box that they weren't bluetooth, but used their own transmitter so I could use it on my iPod. I got to the airport, get through security, find a seat with an outlet and rip open the box so I can charge the headphones. Guess what. European power adapter...
Big Mac Attack?
Anyone else notice the large increase in number of Apple Mac users at BriForum this year? Last year there were a handful, this year it seems like almost half the attendees are using Macs....VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!...
A short recap
Not to take anything away from the awesome technical content that is available this week here at BriForum, but I think the conversations that have been had in the debate sessions where the topic was set and the audience was encouraged to participate. And participate they did. I have attended most of the sessions where this was the format and I have to tell you that they were the bes...
Topic ideas for today's Birds of a Feather session?
We have a Birds of a Feather session scheduled today in Room 3 at 2:30. This session can be anything you want. So, what do you want to talk about? Is there any session you missed that you really want to see? Is there a topic that you'd like to discuss that you didn't get a chance to see so far? Let us know by posting a comment to this blog post....
BriForum Online Content
When will the conference sessions be available online to be "viewed"? Will they be downloadable?...
Reverse Engineering an installed application
In a recent session, Brian mentioned having run across a product that could reverse-engineer an installed application (couldn't remember the product or company names). Such a product would have many practical applications but would be specifically useful to those who have inherited environments where little or no documentation exists with regards to installation and configuration of alre...
Wireless woes
Encountered many individuals experiencing WLAN issues. Might have something to do with the numerous ad-hoc networks broadcasting and potentially interfering with the BriForum access points. If you have an ad-hoc network enabled, please disable it. If it is broadcasting on the same frequency (and channel) as the access points, it could be interfering with BriForum WLAN connectivit...
Found the Beer Garden
Content posted with out-of-breath pauses and heavy breathing.Out of shape IT Admin.Walked from downtown Chicago to far end of Navy Pier.Parched from walk. Mentally-strained from trying to fold pocket-guide. Somehow ended up at Beer Garden.Too tired to get up.Waiting for streaming video....
This year's BriForum has the most attendees ever
As of 3:10 this afternoon, we have 440 people coming to BriForum, making it a fair amount bigger than last year's event with 400 people. This is pretty cool for us, especially considering that event attendance in general is really down this year due to the economy. (Citrix's Synergy event only had 2000 people instead of 4000, although that could be because they changed the name, date, A...
Weather in Chicago
I've seen the forecast but never been to Chicago in the summer. What are you locals expecting for next week?...
Celebrate Retro IT Shirt week, next week at BriForum
In the world of IT, only two things are constant. (1) Vendors give away a lot of shirts, and (2) Vendors go out of business, merge, and/or are acquired all the time. Given those two contants, there are closets around the world full of IT Shirts from vendors who don't exist anymore. And sure, most of those shirts are only worn when doing yardwork or donated to Goodwill, but some of those shi...
Access the BriForum schedule from your mobile device at briforum.com/m
We received an email earlier today from Edgar Sanchez suggesting that we make a mobile phone edition of our Flash-based BriForum conference guide. I'm not really sure what goes into making a Flash app work on a mobile device, but I agree that mobile device access would be great. So I just threw together a simple text-only...
The BriForum 2008 breakout session schedule is online
We've almost finalized the schedule of the 60 technical breakout sessions that we'll have at BriForum next week. As always, we're still tweaking the descriptions of some of these sessions, and we may have to swap one or two, but the schedule itself is in p...
FAQ with important last-minute details for BriForum attendees
We've been getting lots of emails from people asking questions about BriForum next week. In response, we've created an "Attendee FAQ " page on BriForum.com. On this page you can find answers to last-minute questions like:How do I access the private attendee-only content?Help! I re...
Welcome to BriForum 2008 Chicago!
The BriForum 2008 Chicago attendee blog is open! BriForum is only 8 days away, and as always, I'm working 16 hours a day trying to get everything finished. (Maybe next year it will be different... Hah!Welcome to Chicago everyone! ...
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