Technology Blueprints & Strategy with Gary Crisci

So I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again (that sounds familiar). Anyway, KScope (that's what the cool kids call it) was excellent this year, a worthy follow up to last year's conference and a great inspiration for next year's conference. I wanted to say thanks to the people who voted me back onto the board of directors, I will be sure to work with the rest of the board to pack as much great content into next year as we can. Of course that is partly based on what all of you send us, so please come up with some interesting abstracts for presentations and submit them when we make the call. I'm also hoping to get more hands on labs next year. there is no teaching experience like when you actually get to do it and the labs were a big success this year. Have to run to the airport so I'll have to try and post some more at a later time after I settle back in and go through all the presentations. Speaking of hands on labs I am worki...

So I finally have a chance to get in a little blog time. I rolled into Monterey for Kaleidoscope on Saturday, overall not a terrible trip although they did "misplace" my luggage. you'd think if United Airlines was going to charge me extra to check a bag, they might do a better job of not losing it, perhaps I'm asking too much. At least my bags showed up later that evening, so not too bad. K-Scope is at the Hyatt Regency in Monterey CA this year. The hotel is pretty nice. My first room was a little weird, very clean and nice, but it was at the farthest end of the property and outside my door was a highway. The door had a gap under it that a small animal could sneak in and you could see people's feet as they walked by. Then on Sunday morning I had a visitor. I'm not going to say it was definitely a black Widow spider in the bathroom, because I didn't get close enough to check, but I'm told there in this area and it sure looked like one, at least i...