The Best Ever WebDU Gala Event

June 15, 2008 at 6:42 pm (AIR, Acrobat, Adobe, CS3, ColdFusion, Flash, Flex, LiveCycle, RIA, User Group) (, , , , , , , )

Finally I have arrived back in Canberra after 6 hectic days away, WebDU was absolutely awesome, thanks Geoff and the Daemon team, you are simply the best!

It’s been 3 years since I last attended MXDU held at Star City Casino way back in February 2005.  It was wonderful to catch up with so many old friends, particularly Tim Buntel from the US.  I also had the pleasure of meeting the beautiful Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis.

I caught up with many fellow User Group Managers, and had the pleasure of assisting with the User Group event held on the night of the 11th, Code Wars at the Connections Bar at the Crowne Plaza on Day Street in Sydney.  I have pics to upload, I will create a slide show and upload them to slideshare as quickly as possible.

The trading card game was a huge hit with almost everyone I spoke to, it was a lot of fun and tended to dominate the conversation, loved your horns Kai, I should have kept my extra card of you, it was a struggle to let go of the unique cards and hand them in.

The Gala Event for WebDU 2008, was held at King Pin in Darling Harbour, it was sooo much fun, umm until the end of the evening when we decided after a few drinks to do the 10 pin bowling, Rae is nursing a possible torn ligament in her right arm, best case scenario a bad sprain.  The night was so much fun, I would not give up a thing, not even the sore arm :)   My favourite part of the evening was the Laser Tag, it was like playing Quake 2 Capture the Flag for real.  My solemn vow is to get my butt into gear and get fit before the next WebDU, I ache in places I had forgotten existed.

One last thing, the Keynote on the first day blew me away totally, things to come are awesome, but don’t look here for spoilers, I saw nothing ;)

I have a particularly good pic of Andrew Muller on a clear blue Sydney day against the Sydney skyline, with a perfect daytime crescent moon to upload.

Looking forward to next year with much anticipation!

Cheers,

Rae

PS.   Simon J, great to catch up with you again after a couple of years, and Mark Mandel please ORM me :)

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