Office 2.0 – Day Two
We woke up very early this morning, Ihab and I, and drove in May’s car to San Francisco. We had to be there before 7 to finish preparing the pods, for the early sponsors to setup their presentations, between 7 and 10. It was very hectic, as there were many people, many sponsors, and yet many things to prepare.
Given the previous day’s success, Ismael officially put me in charge of the demo pod organization, and gave me the added responsibility of sponsor relations (kind of: I tried to fix discontent myself, but escalated to Ismael for delicate issues).
Things calmed down in the afternoon: I finally got something to eat, and sat down to rest a bit. Later the afternoon, I made sure all conference rooms had Internet connectivity, and forwarded all problems to the very, very competent folks at Swisscom. I then started networking and socializing with the sponsors, to get a feel for how they liked the Office 2.0 conference. A conversation I overheard in an elevator was that this was the “coolest conference I’ve been to. Just look at all the booths, with the iMacs”.
I have not had the occasion to attend any of the tracks, but I’ll try to tomorrow. I got back early today, at 9, and Ihab and I went for dinner together. We are getting along nicely.