Gamefest Underway

So after six months of preparation, this morning the Gamefest US event kicked off. I managed to get through my short & sweet keynote introduction in front of 1200 people mostly because the lights blinded me completely. Now I need to practice my own talk I'm giving this afternoon in the CPU & System Programming track, which I've not had much time to even look at in probably a month dealing with the other 108 talks. I did get the presentation deck in good shape early and it's basically a continuation of the topic I've been talking about for the past two+ years, so I'm not that worried about it. All eleven of the tracks have started, and my track coordinators appear to have the morning in hand so far.

It will all be over in 32 hours.

Because I have to be here bright and early both days, I've got a hotel room at the Sheraton. Well, more accurately I have a palatial suite. The hotel is more than pleased at having 700+ people book rooms at their hotel for two nights. Of course, cuddlyeconomist is getting more enjoyment out of the place than I am during the event, although the ridiculousness of the whole thing amuses me greatly.