Game Developer's Conference 2009

It's been a hell of a long week. The tutorial days Monday & Tuesday were very lightly attended, but the main conference was busy. Seems like most people saved some of the cost by not buying the extended conference pass and avoiding the extra two nights of travel costs. The career booths were of course mobbed, and our expo suites for our meetings required going back and forth through said mob.

Tuesday was a bit slow. Wednesday was meetings from dawn to dusk, and I did my Sponsered Session talk in the middle of it. Thursday and today I managed to attend some roundtables and lectures, as well as finish out my meetings. The Microsoft party Thursday night was decent, and it was fun to see all the Full Moon event people again. We've been working with them for longer than I've worked there and I've known them for 5 years, so they feel like long-time friends. Most of the other people I knew at the conference were all former Microsoft people who have since been taken in by the Cult of Larrabee at Intel.

The hotel was nice and very close to the Moscone, but I slept like crap all week. I'm looking forward to being home in my own bed, although the weather here in Cali is obviously far brighter and warmer.