Note: instead of lugging my laptop around, I decided to take notes.  We're on the lunch break now, so I'm gonna type up my notes from the first couple of sessions.

8:30a-9a
I got downstairs around 8:20, signed in and picked up the free notepad/binder they were giving away.  I'm surprised they didn't give name tags to people...this, IMO, sucks because I'm sure there are a lot of people I'd know (from their blogs), but I have no way to know for sure.

They used PocketMod to print the schedule (great idea!).  It was funny to see people furiously folding them on a table around the corner from the sign-in.

I found room #1 (the “whiteboard” room).  The room filled up almost to capacity.  I was initially concerned about the size of the whiteboard, but once we got going, it wasn't really an issue (more on that later).

Dave had some issues getting the slides to show, but it ended up not being a big deal.

There was a guy in the room that drove down from Detroit, so I wasn't the only Michigander in the room.