Exhausted In Seattle

[Ed Hansberry]

Ed, Brad, Andy, Janak and some random Canadian.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2004/20040407-summit.jpg" /><br /><br />Wish you were here.<br /><br /><i>All of this was posted live from The Rainier Club in Seattle with an iPAQ 2215, BT GPRS connection to a Nokia 3650, Pocket Artist to crop the image from the Powershot S230 and Resco Explorer to FTP the image up. eWallet used to get all my passwords. Serious multitasking. :-) W?BIC!</i>

[Steven Cedrone]

Go easy on those beers! :wink:

Steve

[Jonathon Watkins]

Heavy night lads? :beer:

Do tell us all about the conference..... or as much as you are allowed to. :wink:

[Mitch D]

Some good photoshop work and we could have a good wanted poster! Only joking... hope your having a great time, come back with some exciting news eh?

[HTK]

I wonder what is that silver/red thing trying to escape from ed´s pocket

[Mike Temporale]

Cheers :drinking: Go Thoughts Media Team :rock on dude!:

[David Prahl]

I wonder what is that silver/red thing trying to escape from ed´s pocket

Me too! The image res is too low to enlarge it and find out. Any guesses?

[James Fee]

I wonder what is that silver/red thing trying to escape from ed´s pocket

Me too! The image res is too low to enlarge it and find out. Any guesses?
Looks like a rose to me. :?:

Beer and roses. Nice night guys...

[Jonathon Watkins]

All of this was posted live from The Ranier Club in Seattle with an iPAQ 2215, BT GPRS connection to a Nokia 3650, Pocket Artist to crop the image from the Powershot S230 and Resco Explorer to FTP the image up. eWallet used to get all my passwords. Serious multitasking. :-) W?BIC!

:werenotworthy: Show us the way Ed! :werenotworthy:

:wink:

[dean_shan]

All of this was posted live from The Ranier Club in Seattle with an iPAQ 2215, BT GPRS connection to a Nokia 3650, Pocket Artist to crop the image from the Powershot S230 and Resco Explorer to FTP the image up. eWallet used to get all my passwords. Serious multitasking. :-) W?BIC!

:werenotworthy: I'd like to see someone try and do that on a palm.

[ppcsurfr]

Hehehe...

That's great!

How I wish I could be with you guys right now.

Mabuhay!!!

Carlo

[Pat Logsdon]

Is that possibly an eVest Tec jacket you're wearing, Brad? :mrgreen:

[Pat Logsdon]

I wonder what is that silver/red thing trying to escape from ed´s pocket

Me too! The image res is too low to enlarge it and find out. Any guesses?

Looks like a Pokemon keychain (http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/45/c2/kifmPokmon_Keychain__Pikachu-resized200.gif) to me. :mrgreen:

[Rob Borek]

Looks like Ed is wearing his trademark Mobile Pants 8)

Hope everything is going well! Give the ActiveSync team hell for me (already told Chris to do so, but the more the merrier!).

[Kati Compton]

If I didn't know Janak better, I'd say he's had a few too many Goldschlagers. ;)

[dmacburry2003]

Where's the rest of the gang???

Ah well, have fun! :D

And btw, ROFL on the Pokemon thing :lol:

[Zack Mahdavi]

Have fun up there you all! Excellent way of demonstrating the coolness of portable technology, btw! :)

[Deltrevan]

Is the "random Canadian" pictured in that photograph Jason?

[dean_shan]

Is the "random Canadian" pictured in that photograph Jason?

Yes

[T-Will]

Is the "random Canadian" pictured in that photograph Jason?

Yes

Jason who...? ;)

Those crazy random Canadians poppin' up everywhere... :D

[Janak Parekh]

If I didn't know Janak better, I'd say he's had a few too many Goldschlagers. ;)
Hey, I'm tired, cut me some slack. And before you ask, that's a glass of Coke in my hand. ;) BTW - I never realized I was that short. 8O 8O

As for the thingy on Ed's pocket... I'll let him speak for it. Pat, nice try, but try again. ;)

--janak

[Jason Dunn]

Ah, back at the hotel now, safe and sound. What a lot of fun tonight! The best evening yet. :way to go:

I forgot to tell Ed how bad "Nearest Neighbour" resizing quality is, so that's why the image looks a little jagged. Pocket Artist does Bicubic filtering, so it was just operator error. :lol:

[Janak Parekh]

Is that possibly an eVest Tec jacket you're wearing, Brad? :mrgreen:
Good guess! It is. I have more detailed pictures that I might post later. :lol: It's really high-quality, BTW -- I was quite impressed with how slick it looked.

--janak

[ppcsurfr]

Hey, I'm tired, cut me some slack. And before you ask, that's a glass of Coke in my hand. ;) BTW - I never realized I was that short. 8O 8O

As for the thingy on Ed's pocket... I'll let him speak for it. Pat, nice try, but try again. ;)

--janak

Or are they all that tall???

Carlo

[andbrown]

I wonder what is that silver/red thing trying to escape from ed´s pocket

Should I tell...?

Nah. :)

Tired now...must sleep.

[unxmully]

All of this was posted live from The Ranier Club in Seattle with an iPAQ 2215, BT GPRS connection to a Nokia 3650, Pocket Artist to crop the image from the Powershot S230 and Resco Explorer to FTP the image up. eWallet used to get all my passwords. Serious multitasking. :-) W?BIC!

:werenotworthy: I'd like to see someone try and do that on a palm.

Not interested in trying personally but a t3 and these two items of software:

- http://www.eusoftware.com/palme.htm (Album and image editor)

- http://www.ninelocks.com/vfsftp/vfsftp.html (FTP Client)

it might be achievable. Providing the Powershot uses SD or MMC.

[Jimmy Dodd]

It looks like Janak was so tired he didn't even stand up for the picture. :wink:

[Kati Compton]

It looks like Janak was so tired he didn't even stand up for the picture. :wink:
Well, I'm certainly not qualified to make height jokes. ;)

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

It looks like Janak was so tired he didn't even stand up for the picture. :wink:
I had always assumed that Big Daddy J was... big? :wink:

[Brad Adrian]

Is that possibly an eVest Tec jacket you're wearing, Brad? :mrgreen:
Close. It's the SCOTTeVEST Sport Jacket. Look for my review of it here tomorrow.

[And between you and me, I was the envy of everybody at the dinner!]

[Brad Adrian]

I had always assumed that Big Daddy J was... big? :wink:
What he may lack in relative height, he makes up for in energy and speed. I have NEVER heard anybody speak so FAST!

[Mike Temporale]

I had always assumed that Big Daddy J was... big? :wink:
What he may lack in relative height, he makes up for in energy and speed. I have NEVER heard anybody speak so FAST!

Sounds very similar to his posting ability. :wink: :mrgreen:

[wesk]

Boy, and not one person in the group has a Pocket PC showing.

Are you sure you guys weren't just partying, instead of attending the Pocket PC seminars? :lol:

Wes

Dell Axim X5 / Casio E200

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

I had always assumed that Big Daddy J was... big? :wink:
What he may lack in relative height, he makes up for in energy and speed. I have NEVER heard anybody speak so FAST!
Sounds very similar to his posting ability. :wink: :mrgreen:
:lol:

That's true. He's Fast & Furious!! :D

You know, and in looking at that picture, he sure ain't lacking in wingspan!!! Janak is built like a condor! (sorry I'm a basketball fan and tend to spot those things quick!)

[Janak Parekh]

You know, and in looking at that picture, he sure ain't lacking in wingspan!!! Janak is built like a condor! (sorry I'm a basketball fan and tend to spot those things quick!)
8O That never occurred to me. I can actually fit in a subway seat, so are you sure??? ;)

And yes, to be more precise, the rest of the PPCT MVPs are tall. They're all over 6'.

Andrew's not telling what's on Ed's pocket, BTW, because he has one too. ;)

--janak

[Janak Parekh]

it might be achievable. Providing the Powershot uses SD or MMC.
It doesn't. It uses CF. :mrgreen:

Seriously, the problem wouldn't be the apps, it would be the switching/multitasking. Ed kept the FTP program open, for instance, so that he could remember the image URL.

--janak

[Janak Parekh]

I had always assumed that Big Daddy J was... big? :wink:
That's the irony of the nickname someone assigned me. It would never have stuck if I was. ;)

--janak

[Paragon]

It looks like Janak was so tired he didn't even stand up for the picture. :wink:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Man he's short! ;)

Dave

[daS]

Where's the rest of the gang???

In addition to the Fab Four from the Thoughts Team, I would guess that there were at least 25 of us Mobile Devices MVPs plus a dozen or so folks from Microsoft's Mobile Devices group there last night. It was a great way to wrap up a great 4 days!

It was a very full four days, and as the other attendees can tell you: I feel great! :mrgreen:

[that_kid]

Oh yes "I feel great" , just got off the plane here at newark airport and i'm walking to get my bag as i type this. It was a great 4 days and now it's time to unwind (mvp's know how to party :wink: ) it was great to meet the other mvp's, and put names with face
. This has been a great week(now where is my luggage).

[Paragon]

just got off the plane here at newark airport.......................(now where is my luggage).

Dallas! :D

[that_kid]

lol that just ruin a great week. They switched the baggage row but i'm all set and now i go get my car and drive to virginia for a weekend with the family :D.

[Janak Parekh]

Man he's short! ;)
Hey! This coming from the one man I can talk to levelly with... :lol:

--janak

[ctmagnus]

(now where is my luggage).

Dallas! :D

That happened to me once.

[Zack Mahdavi]

So is the trip over? Are you all heading back soon? I'm excited to hear the news...

[Janak Parekh]

So is the trip over?
Yes. I'm at my desk at home right now.

Are you all heading back soon? I'm excited to hear the news...
So, the thing I can say is that we ranted at them. A lot. :lol:

What we can't say is what they're doing about it. 99.99% of stuff they talked about is NDAed, which I find frustrating. :cry: But, let me say that they took our feedback seriously, and they're not sitting still. I'll let Jason decide what's safe to say or not beyond that, because I'm still a newbie.

--janak

[enemy2k2]

You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves, as one previous poster noted not one of you had your PPCs out!!! What sort of example is that to set for us, your faithful readership seeking guidance and direction from their PPC gods? Some role models... *hmph*

... then again, you wouldn't have had your hands free for the drinks, enjoy :silly: :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

What sort of example is that to set for us, your faithful readership seeking guidance and direction from their PPC gods? Some role models... *hmph*

Well, we all had our Pocket PCs on us if that makes you feel any better. Oh, except for me - I only carried my E200 Smartphone... :mrgreen: (when I only have two pockets, my wallet goes in one, my Smartphone goes in the other).

[Kati Compton]

(when I only have two pockets, my wallet goes in one, my Smartphone goes in the other).
Sounds like you should have borrowed one of Brad's eVests... :P

[Ed Hansberry]

You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves, as one previous poster noted not one of you had your PPCs out!!! What sort of example is that to set for us, your faithful readership seeking guidance and direction from their PPC gods? Some role models...
How do you think the pic and thread got posted? ;)

[Brad Adrian]

Sounds like you should have borrowed one of Brad's eVests... :P
I always take a bit of heat whenever I show up wearing my eVEST. I wore it throughout the week, and while others were lugging around their computer cases, I had all of my daily accoutrement tucked neatly into the many eVEST pockets. Here's what I typically had stowed in my eVEST:

• Two or three Pocket PCs
• Mobile phone (with hands-free wire hidden in the seams)
• Dell Digital Jukebox
• Two sets of earbuds
• Nikon Coolpix 3100
• Blackberry 6200 (Sorry, it's the only remote way for me to connect to my work e-mail.)
• Eyeglasses (Yes, bifocals!)
• Several styli
• Several pages with itinerary, etc.
• Advil and other medicine (for when Ed's rantings about Bluetooth give me a headache)
• Swiss army knife (the Champ)
• And while traveling through the airports, I usually add things like boarding passes and earplugs.

Plus, I looked utterly COOL in my high-tech outfit! At the Summit, I wore a different shirt every day, but you can bet I wore my SCOTTeVEST each and every day (except when I took it off to instead wear the SCOTTeVEST sport jacket). I only saw a couple of the other 1,300 attendess wearing eVESTs, but I could feel the eyes of envy on me the entire week.

[daS]

• Advil and other medicine (for when Ed's rantings about Bluetooth give me a headache)
:lol: But in fairness, I have to say that I didn't hear Ed rant about Bluetooth even once for the whole week. He certainly didn't bring it up as much as I brought up the time zone "feature". :worried: