My Directions EMEA Experience
Well, this has been a weird convention for me. I have been doing a lot and nothing at the same time. I was trying to combine some days of rest with a convention where I was exhibitioner and where I had to do a session as well. A lot to do, in a time you don't want to do quite much ;°).
Directions
The accommodation was just perfect. Very nice hotel (Hesperia Tower in Barcelona). Nice and trendy … and may be a little bit too much of a holiday-feeling ;°). The organization was good … very good in my opinion. Organizing three days of sessions and entertainment for 300 people can be challenging. The organizing committee did a very good job … above expectations. If you're not able to network on Directions, then you're either blind, deaf or mute.
The Expo
It was clear to me that we were in Barcelona … and in the evenings, many people rather wanted to explore "La Rambla" in stead of explore the Expo. It was noticeable that everyone was disappearing quite early. That's what I mean with "may be a bit too much of a holiday-feeling" ;°). On the other hand, personally, I made some nice new contacts (who are in for a free version of our tools ;°)).
My Session
My Session … oh my god. If you want an honest review, read kriki's blog: http://mibuso.com/blogs/kriki/2009/04/03/developing-a-certified-add-on-by-eric-wauters-gerdien-cammeraat/ . His quote: "I have to admit that Eric has done better presentations ". Well, probably he's right. I got commented about the fact people had trouble with understanding me. Some of them were saying it was the microphone, but others said it might be my pronunciation. Anyway, the content was good (as people told me) and that counts for something as well, no? ;°).
What was the content? Well, the title was "Developing a certified addon". On kriki's blog, you can see what we (Gerdien (who did the admin stuff) and me (the development stuff)) talked about. You can also download the pptx here.
NAV2009 Form Transformation Lab
On Saturday, they organized the opportunity to get a feeling about what Form Transformation is all about. What to expect, and how the tool works. This was rather interesting for me, because we're in the middle of an add on development and we're doing it in NAV2009 … off course. In Belgium, people (and even Microsoft) are not really thinking about this yet … can you believe that?
Some pictures:
Here is me in the middle of pronouncing rubbish ;°):
And on my Expo booth:
