A whirlwind week at esriuc

My week at the esriuc – You really can’t blame me for being a little tired still – I’m sure a few of you are as well! There was simply sooo much to see, hear, and do at UC 20212! My choice when at the conference is to soak up as much as I can, typically being in the convention center from 7:30 till about 6-ish or longer (a couple of nights lasted till 9).

I didn’t manage to catch nearly enough presentations, however, Esri will be making much of the material available online in the near future (oh, just noticed the proceedings are up!) and there are a number of ways to catch up, such as via slideshare, the #esriuc hashtag (very valuable), and through other social channels and sharing vehicles. I have to say kudos and congrats to all the Esri staffers for putting on another fabulous event – FYI, reports have it that there were actually over 16,000 folks registered this year! When I wasn’t in session hearing about ArcGIS 10.1, ArcGIS Online, Mobile technology and the Cloud, I was on the hall floor attempting to meet up with everyone that was exhibiting – no small feat! I did shoot a number of on-site videos and still have plenty of notes and updates to share. For example, I’ll be sharing Q&A’s and cool technology like the Zeno 5 mobile collection unit from Leica; a wicked UAS data collection unit from gatewing (Trimble); a detailed look at GeoJot mobile data collection on iOS and Android; the MobileMapper 10 device; and some really cool hardware from HP. I think I have about 35 videos to edit in todal! Wednesday was a particularly good/long day as the evening provided us with ESRIUC DevMeetUp a couple of hours with the EDN team and some kick-ass developers sharing their tips and tricks. EDN also put together a lightning talks session as well – kudos to the hardworking team, they really stepped it up this year! Finally, for the first time in 14 years I got the FULL conference experience and stayed through Friday, allowing me time to catch the closing session with Jack and crew. It was awesome hearing from all the execs and getting details of why they decided on a career in geography with Esri. I did find the Q&A was a little too planned, most questions being pre-screened and filmed and only several being taken from the floor – not nearly enough. Otherwise, a truly invigorating week!

Note, I was busy Tweeting on the #esriuc all week long and you can catch my entire UC hashtag history stream HERE