First Impressions of LIFT'06 [en]

Venue: not too much trouble finding it, that was nice. [Laurent himself](http://ballpark.ch/blog/) at the ticket desk, that was nice too. [Robert Scoble](http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/) looks younger than I expected (I’m [sitting right in front of him](http://flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/94458716/ “Robert Scoble’s view of the stage.”), didn’t do it on purpose, promise!).

Missing in the conference room:

– water (no drinks allowed apart from water, and all I have in my bag is orange juice, and I’m really thirsty) Update: thanks to [David Galipeau](http://galipeau.blogspot.com/), I’ve found the water fountains now.
– more power strips (yeah, I know)

Missing online (update)

– backchannel? (I’m sitting in #lift06 on chat.freenode.net, just in case)
– live audio?
– people using Bonjour/Rendez-Vous… (I’ve opened and announced a document for [collaborative note-taking in SubEthaEdit](http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2004/07/08/taking-collaborative-notes-at-blogtalk/)… just in case, feel free to join if you’re at the conference).

I have a huge problem: I totally suck at understanding non-native speakers talking in English (particularly francophones). Isn’t that amazing, given I’m a francophone myself?

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