TechEd Africa 2008
So ... this will be my 9th year in a row (if i can count 2000 .... 2008) that I have been to TechEd Africa, never missed a single one!
I always find something new to learn about; network with some cool people; and usually have an absolute PARTY!
I am always amazed that year-in year-out Microsoft can put on such an amazing event. The organisation is always so slick and each year it just seems to get bigger and bigger!
This year, well, this year might be a little different for me anyways; A) it's the first time it's NOT at Sun City but in Durban and B) last but not least because this time round I get the somewhat dubious honour of presenting a session or two (or 3 or 4 or ...) !
Can you say ....
PRESSURE!!
STRESS!!
I will be flying solo with these two breakout sessions; (SOA304) - Enterprise Service Bus As an Operating Environment for Services and (SOA301) - A Technical Drilldown into Microsoft ESB Guidance
And then if that were not enough, I will also be co-presenting the following breakout sessions with Markus Landler, Microsoft Field PM for EMEA from Germany, (SOA201) Microsoft BizTalk RFID in Real World Deployments: Connecting Movements in the Physical World to Enterprise Applications and (SOA302) - Everything You Wanted to Know about Real Work Value in RFID, Including the Kitchen Sink! If I survive these sessions you will find me recovering in my hotel room hiding in the speaker room hanging out with all you cool people out in the community lounges and in some of the "Ask The Experts" sessions or in some of the "Demo Lounges".
All this work doesn't mean that I will be missing out on some serious R&R and a few good cold ones, oh no way!
I'll just have to sleep for a week after TechEd!
So if you find yourself at TechEd this year do pop around and say hi.