Thoughts Electrique

This is the continued report from the OpenCms Days 2009. If you haven’t read the first part you might as well read it first.

The second day started with the keynote of Joel Tosi and I think this was one of the best talks of the conference (although his question totally took me by surprise since I had had no coffee yet).
Joel took a very critical view on enterprise software and support claims and explained some of the benefits they get from OpenCms at the CME.
I especially liked that he presented very concrete information of implementation and business (numbers & figures)  and also think taking the seriousness out of some enterprise label was really good.I saw many people smiling knowingly throughout the whole presentation. You rarely have a talk which is informative and also entertaining.

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After two days of information overflow the OpenCms days 2009 are finally over. I think they were a success and personally got a lot value out of them.

We had a small get together on Sunday evening with a nice diner and some Kölsch. I think it’s always nice to meet some people before the conference so you can already connect to some people. We stayed out rather long and I was back at the hotel around 3:00 AM, but it was a lot of fun. I had many interesting talks and met a lot of very nice people. If you’re thinking of attending the OpenCms Days 2010, I would really recommend to come on sunday evening so you don’t miss this event.

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From June 15 to 16 the OpenCms Days 2009 are happening in Cologne. I really had a great time last year so for me the decision to go was a no-brainer. Unfortunately I had no time to prepare a session this year but having a quick look at the program tells me it may be better because I can enjoy even more great sessions (doing a session by myself was very exhausting and I only survived it because of Arash Kaffamanesh’s constant water devlivery ) Here are my must-see sessions:

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