Geekzone06 over - excellent event overall

, posted: 16-SEP-2006 20:57

Sitting here in the hotel with T3G at -57dBm and laptop battery at 13% and no recharger (knew there was something I forgot this morning), I can conclude that Geekzone06 was a great event. Very good speakers, including Rod Drury, Jay Templeton, Jethro Carr, and Nathan Mercer in a good venue that let the audience participate made Geekzone06 quite unique compared to anything similar I've attended.

The informal structure suited the topics at hand and having feedback from the audience helped the speakers immensely - it made the talks that much more interesting. I almost ended up thinking that Vista isn't perhaps that bad!

Thanks to Mauricio for organising the event and everyone else who helped out - the sponsors too (I made out like a bandit in the prize draw) and now the battery is dying and 





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Comment by bradstewart, on 17-SEP-2006 11:40

Geekzone 06 was AWESOME!!!

Was really awesome to put faces to names.

Im sitting at a computer at Wellington Airport so will be blogging my GZ06 experience when i get home.

By the way Vista will rock, getting myself a headset to finally try out the voice features.


Author's note by juha, on 17-SEP-2006 12:54

Yeah, Nathan did a really good presentation there. Must see if I can get a good mike/headset combo somewhere. Sennheiser?


Comment by Nick Head, on 17-SEP-2006 17:00

I picked up a pair of Sennheiser PC150's earlier this year. Haven't used them for dictation but the sound quality on both the headphones and the mike was superb - especially considering the price.


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