RE: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States ofAmerica) Medium
If you are into ancient Egypt, check out the Rosicrucian museum in San Jose. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > -Original Message- > From: Eric Braswell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:02 AM > To: Mike Wexler > Cc: Ed Reed; mysql@lists.mysql.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United > States ofAmerica) Medium > > Great idea! Tips on how to get around, good local > restaurants (if you > like Vietnamese, San Jose is the place), and other things to > do when you > need a break... There is really a great deal just a short distance > away, but you have to know how to get there. It's possible there was > something like this last year, but I live in the area so I > didn't look > for it. > > I'm in full agreement that a conference is just that much > better when it > includes a little variety, a chance to get away from the drab > convention > hall, and a chance to socialize a little. > > One thing I suggest is to attend the Quiz Show (Wed 8pm) or > other "after > hours" activities. Great fun, and a good way to hook up with > people for > dinner or drinks away from the center. > > Eric > > > -- > Eric Braswell > Web Manager MySQL AB > Cupertino, USA > > > > Mike Wexler wrote: > > The area by the Santa Clara convention center is pretty > dead, but you > > can take the light rail to downtown San Jose and there is a pretty > > lively nightlife there, lots of interesting restaurants, > The Tech Museum > > and other things depending on you interests. > > Also there are lots more interesting places to eat than > sizzler within > > in 5 minute drive of the convention center. > > > > Perhaps what is needed is either a nice cheatsheet of what > to do and > > where to go? > > Or perhaps some of the locals could volunteer to be > "ambassadors" and > > take people with similar interests to local activities, > restaurants or > > points of interest. > > > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States ofAmerica) Medium
Great idea! Tips on how to get around, good local restaurants (if you like Vietnamese, San Jose is the place), and other things to do when you need a break... There is really a great deal just a short distance away, but you have to know how to get there. It's possible there was something like this last year, but I live in the area so I didn't look for it. I'm in full agreement that a conference is just that much better when it includes a little variety, a chance to get away from the drab convention hall, and a chance to socialize a little. One thing I suggest is to attend the Quiz Show (Wed 8pm) or other "after hours" activities. Great fun, and a good way to hook up with people for dinner or drinks away from the center. Eric -- Eric Braswell Web Manager MySQL AB Cupertino, USA Mike Wexler wrote: The area by the Santa Clara convention center is pretty dead, but you can take the light rail to downtown San Jose and there is a pretty lively nightlife there, lots of interesting restaurants, The Tech Museum and other things depending on you interests. Also there are lots more interesting places to eat than sizzler within in 5 minute drive of the convention center. Perhaps what is needed is either a nice cheatsheet of what to do and where to go? Or perhaps some of the locals could volunteer to be "ambassadors" and take people with similar interests to local activities, restaurants or points of interest. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States ofAmerica) Medium
The area by the Santa Clara convention center is pretty dead, but you can take the light rail to downtown San Jose and there is a pretty lively nightlife there, lots of interesting restaurants, The Tech Museum and other things depending on you interests. Also there are lots more interesting places to eat than sizzler within in 5 minute drive of the convention center. Perhaps what is needed is either a nice cheatsheet of what to do and where to go? Or perhaps some of the locals could volunteer to be "ambassadors" and take people with similar interests to local activities, restaurants or points of interest. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: General MySQL Question: Ed Reed (CA, United States ofAmerica) Medium
I understand that. I go there for the same thing. My point was that, the conference needs the attendees as much we want the conference. When I go I'm going for the conference stuff but I have a life and they're asking us to give up that life for maybe 6 days. After a the second day things start to get a little monotonous and we need a break. After the third or fourth day the brain is fried. There needs to be some kind of other activity that takes your mind off of the same hotel walls. Let's put it another way. When you go to work do you stay there for 5 days straight? Probably not. You go home, you go out to dinner. You see friends. You do other things to take your mind away from work because you have to recharge your batteries. It's the same thing at the conferences. Unless you're a robot you have to get out and see the sights and be entertained so that you can go back the next day and absorb the next days meetings. I just liked it better when it felt like it was gonna be held at a different location every year. I made this same complaint last year and it never got this much attention. - cheers >>> "Joshua J. Kugler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/29/07 4:36 PM >>> That's funny...when I go to a technical conference, I usually go for the conference, and couldn't care less if there is other stuff to do in the area during the off hours. j -- Joshua Kugler Lead System Admin -- Senior Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com ( http://www.eeinternet.com/ ) PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE PO Box 80086 -- Fairbanks, AK 99708 -- Ph: 907-456-5581 Fax: 907-456-3111 >>> "Ed Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/29/07 1:57 PM >>> I just didn't enjoy the location. When it was in Orlando a few years ago, it was great. There were plenty of things to do and see; different places to eat every night. I had a really good time. Then the following year I went to Santa Clara and there was nothing to do. I went to the movies one night. Had dinner at Sizzler three times. I drove 45 minutes to find a place I could buy a shirt. The rest of the time I stayed in the hotel and watched crappy tv. If you folks want me to be away from my family and friends for five days you've gotta give me a reason to wanna go besides the great technical information. I didn't go to last years, I'm not going to this years and I probably won't go to any future ones held in Santa Clara. When I came home from the last one, my kids asked what I got them from my trip and I had nothing for them. It was just a boring place to go and I don't wanna go back. I'd just like to see it held someplace new every year. Thanks for replying to my comment >>> Lenz Grimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/25/07 2:21 AM >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ed, thank you for your message! On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Ed Reed has filled out the MySQL Contact Form with a General MySQL Question: > Can someone tell me you folks are going to hold all future User Conferences > in Santa Clara? I would like to go this year but I didn't enjoy myself at the > last one I went to in Santa Clara in '05 and I don't wanna go back. If you > folks plan to hold all future conferences there I'd like to know so I can > resign myself to the fact that it's never gonna change instead of hoping that > it's gonna be somewhere else every year. To be honest, it's not entirely clear yet if we will change the location for upcoming events. But could you explain why you didn't enjoy yourself at the last one? How can we improve? Bye, LenZ - -- Lenz Grimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Community Relations Manager, EMEA MySQL GmbH, http://www.mysql.de/, Hamburg, Germany Visit the MySQL Forge at http://forge.mysql.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQFFuISeSVDhKrJykfIRAsJxAJ9hLkjhA10B68OHpw97x6QHbSqjLACePQym m9lEE93nxdC+K//cQsL658Q= =W/8N -END PGP SIGNATURE-
