Originally published 11/9 8:27a. Updated 9:30p. : When I was 12, my folks took me out of school in January and we drove from cold Chicago to warm Orlando to visit the newly opened Disney World (it was just Magic Kingdom back then). We stopped our day's driving just inside Florida's northern border, and I asked for a motel with a swimming pool. It was the outdoor type and it was 55 degrees out in Lake City, but hey, it was Florida, and well, "When in Rome...". Now fast forward 40 years.

The conference hasn't started, and already we've had very good talks with Arrow Consulting, Creativa Consultants, and the Spiffy Web Team. We're looking for .Net developers for two big projects, and of course we thought of our friends and colleagues in the #DNNWorld, since they are some of the best .Net developers.

I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to point to the excellent graphics & artwork around the show that I noticed today. When Don and I were part of the team that put on the Day of DotNetNuke in Chicago last year, we know first hand all the moving parts that have to be completed and then double checked to ensure that everything is just perfect when everyone arrives. Graphics & artwork are important and when done right go mostly unnoticed, when done wrong they stand out like a sore thumb. This years graphics & artwork look great and should be recognized. Here are a few great examples that I took today.

A couple of months ago Don and I were making our travel arrangements to get to #DNNWorld in Orlando, FL. Since he is in Chicago and I am in Bakersfield it takes a bit of coordinating to get a travel schedule in sync. For me it was a rather normal day of travel steps to get to Orlando. I hopped a USAirways plane in Bakersfield heading to Phoenix and then after a short layover...