As of 10:50 AM CDT I have a flight to Las Vegas for VMworld 2008. This means I’m completely registered and ready to go, waiting only for the course reservations to open up and the date to arrive. This should be fun, especially since I’ve never been to Vegas before. I’m not really a gambler, so I’ll have to find other ways of amusing myself. Anybody have any suggestions for things I shouldn’t miss? And what else are people up to during the week?
Mendel Rosenblum is one of the founders of VMware, chief scientist, and husband of VMware CEO Diane Greene. As such he’s got a lot of pull, getting his continuing vision of virtualization and systems management made reality. He’ll be speaking in a few minutes out at VMworld 2007 in San Francisco. I’ll be liveblogging it in this post, so keep refreshing and I’ll keep posting. 8:30 AM – General session hall, Moscone Center halls B & C. Pop music playing, green and blue lights and graphics. As with the other liveblogging sessions a big thanks goes out to the VMware Community team for setting up tables, Ethernet connections, and power for us bloggers. Those guys are great and have really …
Hey all. It’s been a busy couple of days here at VMworld, and over the next day or so I’ll be transposing my notes from the sessions into the blog. If you missed yesterday’s keynote by John Chambers of Cisco (I did — my iPhone locked up and the alarm didn’t go off, which is under investigation) there’s coverage over at the VMTN blog, and links to a number of other guys who liveblogged it. In a few minutes I’ll be liveblogging Mendel Rosenblum’s keynote. Stay tuned.
Welcome to my coverage of the VMworld 2007 keynote. We’re expecting interesting things today, announcements that will change the landscape of enterprise computing on both technical and business process fronts. Should be interesting. I’ll be updating this post, liveblogging style, as we go. 7:57 AM – Waiting to start. Loud rock music playing for the nearly 10,000 attendees. We’re in Moscone South, halls B & C. A big thanks goes out to John Troyer and the rest of the VMware Communities team who have set up tables with ethernet, power, and other friendly bloggers. 🙂 VMware rivals Apple in rabid fan base and it’s those guys who keep it going. If you’re out at VMworld 2007 stop by the VMware …
Hey all, I’m sitting at the VMworld keynote right now, as it gets ready to kick off. Stay tuned and I, along with a whole bunch of guys, will be liveblogging it.
I’ve been in San Francisco for one whole day now, and I’m having a blast. Here are some suggestions if you’re in town and looking for something to do. New Delhi Restaurant I like Indian food. A lot. My friend Bob turned me on to Rogan Josh and I’ve never had it better than at this place. Really tender lamb, spiced very well, and the garlic nan was good. Some of the nan was a little charred, but that just adds to the flavor, in my opinion. They were really busy when I got there so I ate at the bar. They don’t have a huge beer selection, but you know, that’s okay. 🙂 Sweeney Todd at the American Conservatory …
If you’re going to VMworld and staying in the Hilton, don’t rely on Google Maps for directions. It thinks that 333 O’Farrell St. is Redwood Alley. Instead, the hotel is actually very close to the Powell St. BART station, making transit to the hotel cheap from SFO ($5.15 rather than a $40 cab ride). This is actually where you want to go (if you can’t see the map use this link instead): View Larger Map If you’re interested in taking the BART take the Dublin/Pleasanton train to Powell St. Takes about 30 minutes and is way cheaper than a cab. I made a sample schedule for myself at www.bart.gov.
On my list of things I didn’t need today: VMworld changed my hotel from the Handlery to the Hilton. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, but I want to stay a couple extra days beyond what my employer is paying for. So I’d made reservations for the 8th and the 14th on my own. It was $194 a night, which I consider a bit expensive for one guy, but I wouldn’t have to change rooms then. So I called the Hilton to see if I could get a room on the 8th and 14th. Sure, for $490 a night. Ouch. Since I’d have to change hotels anyhow I opted to go with a cheaper option, the Air Travel Hotel, …
