Most of the people who read this blog are conference attendees who faithfully tweeted about conference happenings.  Since I did not attend the conference this year, I thought it would be great to share a few things that I learned about the conference while sitting at my desk miles away.

Here’s what the conference looked like on Twitter:

1. According to the t-shirt, it’s pronounced ez-ree.
2. Thanks to the iPad, booth traffic was through the roof.
3. Also thanks to the iPad, nobody knew what the vendors actually had to offer (other than free iPads).
4. Judging by the number of tweets about waiting in line for caffeine and lattes, the real winner at this conference may have been Starbucks, not ESRI.
5. Apparently vendors can tell what kind of budget you have by looking at your exhibit badge, and they give you attention accordingly.
6. Yes, it’s true.  Another product called ArcGIS.  Map Store, App Store, something like that.
7. 19, 20, 21 = 19 Cities with populations of 20 Million plus in the 21st Century.
8. There’s a reason the presenters don’t explain which extensions are required to do the cool stuff shown in the sessions.
9. The bigger the vendor booth, the bigger the chance you’ll never afford whatever it is they’ve got.
10. Don’t worry, Apple will be giving away free cases and bumpers.

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