Goodbye Anaheim

Interior of the
Anaheim Convention Center

This morning was the last day of the Educause Annual Conference. In about an hour, I will be heading to the airport to head to Oregon for a few days. I don't get to the Educause conference very often anymore but the session content has generally been pretty good. Some of the sessions were a little disappointing as some vendors took it as an opportunity to do a sales pitch. But it was a good opportunity to meet with others and learn how other some other universities are handling similar problems. There is also an exhbition attached to the conference with a variety of vendors. Lenovo had a really cool tablet/laptop and Microsoft convinced me that Windows 8 wasn't as bad as I've heard especially if the laptop has a touchscreen. I may be forced to try one out.

 

I finally met the new CIO for the University of Alaska Anchorage and had some good conversations with him and many others.

A few nights ago, Pearson publishing had a bunch of food trucks parked in between the Hilton and Marriot hotels in front of the convention center. And they even had a surf band. Very "Southern California". A bunch of other companies had receptions at the same time so I don't think anyone went hungry (or thirsty) that evening. I ended up visiting the OpenDNS reception as I had some questions for their tech staff.

Last night, I walked back to Downtown Disney. Didn't do any shopping but I really enjoyed wandering around. I stopped at Indian restaurant for a light dinner on my way back to the hotel. The weather has been wonderful while I've been here. Not too hot.

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