New York 2009

For the impatient: Pictures

We went to New York! I was there for Hadoop World NYC which ended up being pretty awesome. The thirty minute lecture format for the lectures was interesting. Each speaker seemed to still want to present sixty minutes of material, the result was that the speakers were more efficient and there was less time for the audience to be drained by a talk that was a dud.

As for the rest of the city, well, it almost goes without saying that it was a blast. From museums, to Broadway, to staying next door to Sukhadia's, to Basement Bhangra, to tours of Brian Jennings to the Naked Cowboy, we had a blast.

My favoritest part was seeing so many people that I hadn't seen in FOREVER .. alas, there wasn't enough time for all schedules to work out, and in all the excitement I forgot to take pictures of our Tapas dinner!