[CanadianCrack]

Originally Posted by DarthBBerry

It's like Halloween for BlackBerry users.

Sounds like fun...perhaps I'll dress my blackberry in costume.
Hmm....little brown pants sandwiched
between 2 yellow sponges.....SpongeBerry!

[Pinjo]

Originally Posted by CanadianCrack

.....SpongeBerry!

Way too funny

[jnetter]

Hi all, I am so excited to go to WES this year but I am a newbie and my partner in crime is unable to attend, so I am flying solo.

Anyone from Edmonton going to be there? Where is a good place to meet up with people? The last thing I want to do is be a loaner LOL

[CanadianCrack]

Hi jnetter,

Make any good snowmen lately?
I'm in Winnipeg and apparently we're getting Alberta's leftovers tonite.
Snow advisory the end of April.....crazy!

I'm also a WES newbie. Will be there with a co-worker.
No worries about being there alone - you'll meet up with others from here.

What hotel are you staying at?

[hdawg]

Originally Posted by jnetter

Hi all, I am so excited to go to WES this year but I am a newbie and my partner in crime is unable to attend, so I am flying solo.

Anyone from Edmonton going to be there? Where is a good place to meet up with people? The last thing I want to do is be a loaner LOL

I would think it is indeed better to be a loner than a loaner

[DarthBBerry]

For you WES noobs, have no fear.... BBF WES Vets are here. We'll have our own meet-up at the reception Monday night. Some of us are even hanging about before hand. More details to come!

[jnetter]

I think its called the Buena Vista? I had to book it last minute

[Pinjo]

Originally Posted by hdawg

I would think it is indeed better to be a loner than a loaner

I'm pretty sure being a "loaner" is illegal in the US... at least that's what the judge told me.

[Pinjo]

Looks like the tracks scheduler is up there now. Now to try and dig through all of those sessions and pick the good ones out.

[Frank Castle]

If you scroll back a page I put all the sessions into a spreadsheet to allow easier planning. Some of the sessions I like are at the same time so hopefully they offer then more then once.

Still trying to get into the host site hotel .. at the Renaissance right now and if the host doesn't come available (at WES rate) I'm switching to Hilton or Doubletree

[DarthBBerry]

Originally Posted by jletendre

If you scroll back a page I put all the sessions into a spreadsheet to allow easier planning. Some of the sessions I like are at the same time so hopefully they offer then mroe then once.

Still trying to get into the host site hotel .. at the Renaissance right now and if the host doesn't come available (at WES rate) I'm switching to Hilton or Doubletree

The online My Scheduler is pretty doggone cool at attendwes.com. You pick the sessions you're interested in, give it a rating of low, medium or high and then it creates a schedule for you. You're even given the opportunity to resolve conflicts if sessions occur at the same time.

Sadly, there isnt enough time in the day or frequency of some sessions for me.

[bertiebassett]

Originally Posted by jletendre

If you scroll back a page I put all the sessions into a spreadsheet to allow easier planning.

Thanks - but you clearly have more free time than me!!

bb

[CanadianCrack]

I'm curious.....question for everyone:

What are your top 3 WES session picks?

[Pinjo]

Originally Posted by DarthBBerry

The online My Scheduler is pretty doggone cool at attendwes.com. You pick the sessions you're interested in, give it a rating of low, medium or high and then it creates a schedule for you. You're even given the opportunity to resolve conflicts if sessions occur at the same time.

Sadly, there isnt enough time in the day or frequency of some sessions for me.

I'm quite disappointed with the times of some of the sessions. There are times where I have 3 or 4 things I'd like to attend and other times I have a block of 2-3 hours where nothing is of interest to me. Looks like they are going to get my $200 for all of the session videos.

[Pinjo]

Originally Posted by CanadianCrack

I'm curious.....question for everyone:

What are your top 3 WES session picks?

Only 3? I'm torn on learning things that will help me right now, things I do not already do in our environment but could help in the future, and learning a bit more about developing.


Right now, I like:

1. 'The Pain-free Way to Manage Software Device Upgrades on BlackBerry Smartphones'
2. 'WES Party 2008"
3. "Individual or Corporate Owned devices – Compliance & Cost Difficulties" or "Making it Easier - Self Service Ideas for your BlackBerry Deployment"

[DarthBBerry]

Originally Posted by CanadianCrack

I'm curious.....question for everyone:

What are your top 3 WES session picks?

1. Reduce Server Costs with BlackBerry Support for Virtualization
2. The New BlackBerry Enterprise Solution v5.0: What's the Buzz?
3. The IT Manager's Secret Ally: Smart Monitoring and Alerting Tools for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

I've got others scheduled, but this year these are my top picks.

[CanadianCrack]

Originally Posted by DarthBBerry

The New BlackBerry Enterprise Solution v5.0: What's the Buzz?

I've got this as one of my top pics also.
But REALLY - what are they thinking?

It ends at 5:30 and the party starts at 7?
Hardly enough time to travel back to my hotel
and make myself purdy for John Mayer!

[DarthBBerry]

Originally Posted by CanadianCrack

I've got this as one of my top pics also.
But REALLY - what are they thinking?

It ends at 5:30 and the party starts at 7?
Hardly enough time to travel back to my hotel
and make myself purdy for John Mayer!

Party may start at 7, but dont count on him hitting the stage until at least 9ish.

[bertiebassett]

Originally Posted by DarthBBerry

New BlackBerry Enterprise Solution v5.0: What's the Buzz?

Hmm I'm sure I went to that one last year and it sounded great. I'm amazed their bothering to re-run it now that we've all upgraded to 5.0

[bertiebassett]

Originally Posted by DarthBBerry

The online My Scheduler is pretty doggone cool at attendwes.com. You pick the sessions you're interested in, give it a rating of low, medium or high and then it creates a schedule for you. You're even given the opportunity to resolve conflicts if sessions occur at the same time.

I've done the "pick the ones you're interested in, rate them" but then I'm missing something as it doesn't seem to create my schedule for me..