What a weekend!  Dave Hall my Interent Technology Director for Dick Betts Web Services invited me to go to Tampa FL with him to attend a DotNetNuke conference.  DNN is the MS software we use to build websites which is the best software out there today for websites, so I am told.  I argued with Dave I would be lost and he said not to worry I would pick something up.  Many of you that know me might think I am a geek, well no way!  The group attending were the actual developers of the software and builders of modules that work with the system.  These folks are two levels above the people who build and design websites.

The day started with a Keynote Address which I have made plenty in my time, well I understood his name and his closing "have a great show".  They had 6 one hour break out sessions running all day which I thought this is cool I can go sit instead of presenting.  I took notes for the first 10 minutes then it was zoom way over my head.  How about "Extending your web application utilizing the MetaWeblog API (ASP.NET)" or "The DotNetNuke Core Registration Module and the Datasprings Dynamic Registration Module" don't want to miss that one when it comes to your town!

By lunch it was "Dave this isn't working" he said not to worry we have a DNN after dark party to attend with free food and booze, well okay i will stick around.  Three more hours of CSS, templates and thrid party extensions then off to party.  Now guess what you get when you put 150 geeks at an open bar?  TWO MORE HOURS OF GEEK TALK.  I was sitting at a table and these guys joined me well there went my evening as they just contuined the same thing I heard all day.  I finally went to the bartender for conversation about oh I don't know FOOTBALL or cars anything but geek, come to find out he has only been in the USA for a few weeks.  On the way home Dave was all excited about "US" attending next year, ah Dave find a real geek not one that plays one.

Dick Betts

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