Tech Field Day – Seattle July 2010
Towards the end of last week I finally got confirmation that I was going to be attending the latest GestaltIT tech field day event. The event is scheduled to take place from July 14th through to July 17th in Seattle and will bring together a number of tech companies and independent bloggers. For those that aren’t familiar with the Tech Field day event format, let me elaborate a little.
Tech Field day is a unique event bringing together IT Product vendors and Independent technology professionals. The companies involved do so knowing that whatever they share is going to be put out there for public consumption. We, the independent bloggers get to hear about the latest tech and can write about it without being restricted by the usual non-disclosure agreements. It’s a coming together of parties for mutual benefit, we learn, they learn, we blog, we tweet, they get publicity.
So, which vendors are attending? well that’s not been fully confirmed yet and as a result I wouldn’t like to say just yet. Rest assured though, those that are rumoured to be taking part are interesting, some I know a good deal about (I’m a shareholder in one!) some I know a little about and some I know nothing about at all. Within the current vendor list there is some great scope for me to expand my knowledge, which after all is one of the main reasons I do this in my free time.
I’m also looking forward to meeting up with some like minded individuals. The Tech Field day attendees tend to be from diverse backgrounds, this in itself helps to stimulate the discussion whether that be about technology in general or the vendors presenting. Keep your eye on the Tech Field Day Seattle 2010 page for a full list of attendees and vendors.
Disclosure: It is important that I inform anyone reading this that this is a paid event. No I’m not getting paid to take part, I should be so lucky! I am however having my expenses paid (travel, accommodation, etc). In exchange I am expected to and full intend to be actively blogging about everything that I see and hear at the event. I will also be keeping any followers up to date on twitter, so if you aren’t following me on twitter you have plenty of time to rectify that. If your not using twitter, check it out!! I’m finding it to be exceptionally good for both networking and keeping up to date, without twitter I wouldn’t even be going to Tech Field Day. I look forward to getting stuck in and reporting back with some interesting articles for you all!
