Live from Convergence: Bondi

Posted by Mike Snyder on March 11, 2007  |  Comments (0)

At today's closing session, Doug Burgum gave a farewell speech and it got a little emotional. I lost track of the count, but I think he received two or three standing ovations from the 4,000+ people in attendance. Doug said that today was his last Convergence conference and even though this is just my 3rd Convergence event I will miss him. I always got the feeling he was very genuine and he cared deeply about the success of Microsoft's partners and customers. He was definitely very unique compared to the typical conference speaker and I appreciated that.

After the closing session we hit up the expo (trade show) for a little bit and then headed to the Bondi bar for dinner and drinks. Philip recommended Bondi because it brought back some memories of his native Australia. I would describe the bar's ambiance as funky and they had all sorts of wild decorating accents (see photos below). Even though we had to wait an hour or so for our table, my food was worth the wait.