Gartner AD summit arrival - non technical

The confrence is in grapevine TX, right near Dallas.

As my wife is joining me on this trip we decided to fly into Austin and drive to Dallas. I lived in Austin for a whe, andwanted to sow her some of my old haunts.

We were unable to carve out much time for Austin, and rain dampened some of the experience, but I was able to show my wife enough she'll be eager to go back.

If you get to Austin:
Rudy's BBQ
Oasis on lake travis
6th street at night
4th street too
hills on north Austin (arboretum area).

I also will be looking for a chance to get back to San Antonio.

The drive from Austin to Dallas was smooth, although there was an accident requiring 2 medivac helicopters, which had I-35 shut dow both ways for a short strech.

The confrence is at a very nice, and huge resort and convention center; the Gaylord Texan.

Gartner application development summit

This week I'm attending the Gartner Application Development Summit, and Enterprise Architecture Summit.

In 2003 I attended the Gartner Application Integration and Web Services summit.

Over the next few days I'll be posting both current messages from my attendance, as well as changes from what I remember. I'll also give some personal experience and perspective.