Well, my conference here in Toronto is, to say the least, has been eventful.  To start off, I owe a lot of thanks to customs in Canada.  I didn't realize upon coming that I needed a passport.  It may have been pure dumb luck or whatever, but before coming I remembered to grab mine.  Unfortunately, my passport has been expired for 3 years.  I got a big fat warning prior to leaving that if customs didn't want to let me in the country, I'd spent the night in a cell and be deported.  Needless to say, this had me a little worried upon entering the country.  Well, when I nonchalantly handed my passport and papers to customs the lady (a mighty severe-looking woman I might add) gave my passport a double check, thought about it for a bit, and then just let me in! Whew!  She only asked me what I was in the country for.  That was a relief.

I'm pretty excited to be here at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.  Though it's very sales-oriented (something that is very hard for me to deal with), I'm having a good time.  We spent the day setting up our booth and meeting with MS partners.  There is a lot of interest revolving around product configurators which is very reassuring and exciting.  I see lots of potential with our product and am extremely excited about our future prospects.

Upon making preparations for this trip/conference I suspected that I might run into friends here - I always do when I come to conferences.  As it turns out my luck still runs hot!  Today I ran into two good friends and associates from my days at Microsoft: Larry Shaw and John Herman.  Additionally I encountered Kristi Schwartz.  It was pretty invigorating to see my good friends.  I hope to see them at the booth to show them what I've been working on and catch up on old times.

Looking forward to a good conference!