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Friday, February 23, 2007

AMA 2007 ... same time same place next year.

I was all very exciting at the AMA 2007 Vancouver last night as I managed to put yet more faces to more names, faces to Avatars, faces to voices and well you get the picture. My Third AMA event and certainly the largest of the three events with over 100 people coming in from all over Canada, the USA and the affiliate marketing power house nation of Thailand.

Speeches were kept short and sweet by the sponsors and then it was straight into diner and chatting. And just like last year, given 5+ hours to meet people I think I managed to spend time with only 20 folks... Better go for an all day event next year Ian... a day of skiing in Whistler followed by an evening of networking (for those that survive the cold) !

Anyway I blew my speech, while talking about what I call "The Pause" I suffered from "The Pause". For those who are lucky enough not to suffer from this dreaded affliction I'll explain... it comes at three levels

1. You see some one you are sure you know, online you'd have time to type "Hi" "how are you" and stumble through a good 2 minutes of text while your brain tries to remember who you are chatting with, but back in the real world you brain stops functioning for 2 minutes while your fingers search frantically for the key board to give itself time to remember who it is you're chatting with.

2. You see some one you know and after the "Hi" you really feel you need to say something deep and meaningful, instead you manage to mumble "brb" and then realize that there is no where to go and sit there hoping they'll fill the pause for you

3. While talking to a group of people you phase out as you brain starts to multi task and before you know it you've suffered from a lack of memory, stopped talking and that's usually just as well because no one really had a clue what you were talking about.

.... yea nasty! I managed to suffer from it all last night :) Next year I'm taking my lap top and if anyone wants to chat they can message me on MSN :D

So anyway it was great to see, meet and chat with lots of great people (no I'm not going to list names else I'll forget someone and that'll cost me unending grief) , had a wonderful time and hope to see everyone (and more) again next year!

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

AMA 2007 : Canada Rules, when it's not raining!

Yes Canada let me in again. And this time there wasn't even a queue at the immigration section either. "Bonjour, have a nice stay.." of course then I got to the baggage collection way to fast and had to wait half an hour for my bags.

What i did notice during my brief passage through immigration was another case of superlative Canadian customer service. The the line over from me a family from Taiwan were discussing their visit to Canada with the immigration official. They spoke no English and she spoke not a word of Chinese, but through careful patient friendly sign language and pointing everything was sorted out and no one lost their temper or got the slightest bit excited... Yup, even at the gateway to the country those Canadian manners were in action.

Yesterday I made a valiant effort to buy some more RAM for my Sony Laptop, so dashed out into the streets to go shopping...and for the first time in 3 visits to Vancouver it was raining. I was ready for the cold, I was ready for snow, I was not ready for rain... it was icy cold and wet. That might sound like obvious, but back home rain is warm and you don't notice being wet. I think my total shock at the rain being cold must have shown as people were giving me a wide berth in the streets. I'm not sure if it was the wild eyed panicked look of a man on the verge of freezing to death or the fact that I was clutching my laptop case to my chest as if my life depended on it, probably both...but I certainly got plenty of room... didn't find my RAM either! Though the Sony shop was very apologetic and gave me directions to somewhere that might...if it's not raining later today I'll give it a shot. :)

Tonight we have small gathering of folks with Missy, Brian, Forrest, Brook, Alex and more getting together for a pre event huddle and a few cups of really hot chocolate!

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