The first full official day of TechEd has come to a close for me. It started out at 7am meeting in the lobby for the ride over to TechEd for Breakfast. I wasn't real impressed with breakfast, but food is not the reason to be at TechEd. The morning snack was good with Krispy Kreme donuts (the birth place of KK is Winston-Salem, NC which is near where I live). The first session that I went to until I had to man the SQL Server "Ask the Experts" table, was one on SQL Server Express and starting up application programming quickly by Jackie Goldstein. I had to leave early, but I know several others who enjoyed the presentation.
Lots of folks came by the SQL Server Cabana to ask questions. There are lots of experts here in this area to answer any SQL Server question. There are also talks in mini-room areas in the cabanas on SQL Server related topics. It was good to see some old friends and make new ones.
As the evening got rolling with the Exhibit hall reception, I started to pick up some SWAG, but I missed out on some good stuff from my observations of others. I always like stopping by the booths with nobody making a big scene around them to chat for a minute or two. I have done booth duty before and know how bored you can get. The food was rather good during this time and there was plenty of beverages available for everyone; Thanks to DevelopMentor for sponsoring this. In fact, I'd like to commend TechEd on always having lots of refreshments available at all times.
Tomorrow is another day that will start early and end very late.