Last week was the inaugural SPTechCon and the first one was held in one of my favorite places in the world - San Francisco.  SharePoint911 was well represented with 5 different speakers. 

 

It was a great conference and we had the chance to talk with many of the attendees. The sessions themselves showcased a good mix of technical and business topics related to SharePoint. I especially liked the emphasis on the business topics - definitely a big need for more discussions on those topics!

 

In addition, got to meet a lot cool SharePoint folks. Dux Sy (SharePoint PM guru and foodie), Darrin Bishop, Becky Isserman, and Tiffany Songvilay.  Tiffany has a line of cool SharePoint shirts that any of your SP nerds out there will appreciate.  Shane Young, Todd Klindt and I were walking down the EXTREMELY long halls of the hotel to our rooms. I was talking very loudly about ideas for SP shirts and Tiffany's ears perked up. Next thing we know we are in her hotel room checking out the shirts. Very cool person, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance to check out her session since we were both presenting at the same time.  You should definitely stop what you are doing now and go buy some shirts from her!!

 

After a busy week at the conference, also met up with Michael Noel who lives in SF and was willing to give the SP911 crew + Todd Klindt a brisk walking tour of his hometown.  Great way to cap off a great conference. 

 

The next SPTechCon will be in Boston at the end of June.  Hope to see you there!

 

BTW: For those of you who went to my search session and were looking for details about my demo they should be coming shortly. I had forgotten today was the Monday after the Super Bowl.  You have to cut me some slack, I'm a Steeler fan and it was a good night :-)