It's the last day of the show and  my apologies for not blogging.

I haven't carried my laptop around this year so much and I'm thinking I

need a smaller solution for next year since I'm anticipating more

remote writing.

This has been a strange conference for me with a lot of mixed feelings.

With the site being sold, it's been strange thinking that for the first

time in five years Andy and Brian won't be my partners as I carry on

the site we built. On the other hand it's been fun seeing so many

people I've known from years past and shaking hands with lots of new

ones.

Usually the conference is a lot of work for the three of us, from

planning the Tuesday night party, to getting ready to speak, and

meeting with the PASS board and various vendors about the coming year.

This year we had less of that since the "business" of the site isn't

something we have to worry about anymore. It still felt exhausting to

be working on the new ventures, something I'll have less time for over

the next year, and still meeting with people, but more as friends.

Maybe I'm getting older, or maybe the stress of the sale and the

changes to come have worn me down, but I was less interested in the

conference this year. I did manage to pop into some interesting

presentations and I look forward to watching more of them online over

the coming weeks. It should provide some good fodder for articles as

well and as usual, I got lots of ideas, so  hope to have some

interesting articles over the next few months.

I'm also looking forward to the PASS 2007 Summit in Denver. It's where

I live, so not having to travel means a lot to me. Hopefully I'll see

many more of the same friends and meet new ones over the next year that

will come as well. We're still planning on another great party Tuesday

night, so be sure you use the source code of "SSC" when you register.

And if you can get the budget this year, it's $1000 off the price until

Dec 31. A great deal and let your company know. Even if you leave or

can't go, they'll have a fairly cheap ticket to a great SQL Server

event.