I just got back to Roanoke after going to the NCaect conference in Concord, NC. I stayed at the new Embassy Suites Concord Conference Center. It was a beautiful hotel. Here are a few pictures.
Looking straight down into the colorful fountain from the tenth floor.
My hotel bedroom. I also had a food preparation area, bathroom, and sitting room with a couch, several comfy chairs, a desk, and a large flat screen TV.
Looking up past the eleventh floor.
Looking down to the central plaza from my 10th floor walkway outside my hotel room door.
The view of the Lowe's Motor Speedway from my hotel room window. That place was absolutely bustling with activity despite there being no race there this weekend.
The coolest thing I messed with at the conference was uStream TV. It's similar to YouTube except the videos are streamed LIVE. There is also a simple and effective chat section that tags along with each stream, so a person can drop in on the live broadcast and participate by commenting and reacting to the show. You can also leave comments in the more tradition blog-style. Several of our conference sessions were streamed using uStream. People from all over the country joined and participated in our class.
Probably the most ironic thing that happened at the conference was that the Internet within the conference center went down this morning, so it became very difficult to acquire a wireless signal. It's sort of funny watching the symphony of technologists seemingly working in unison off a magical score in trying to get their laptops reconnected.
Probably the most ironic thing that happened at the conference was that the Internet within the conference center went down this morning, so it became very difficult to acquire a wireless signal. It's sort of funny watching the symphony of technologists seemingly working in unison off a magical score in trying to get their laptops reconnected.
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