Comments on: Weekly Contest: “What was WES for you?” http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bla1ze http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-296867 Bla1ze Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-296867 Er..wish I had the $$ to go to..lol, follwed brayndeded footsteps :P

]]> By: Bla1ze http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-489322 Bla1ze Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-489322 Er..wish I had the $$ to go to..lol, follwed brayndeded footsteps :P

]]> By: Bla1ze http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-489323 Bla1ze Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-489323 Er..wish I had the $$ to go to..lol, follwed brayndeded footsteps :P

]]> By: Bla1ze http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-296866 Bla1ze Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-296866 WES to me was a show/conference I had the $$ to go too but alas being broke don’t buy ya tickets to WES.

]]> By: Bla1ze http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-489321 Bla1ze Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-489321 WES to me was a show/conference I had the $$ to go too but alas being broke don’t buy ya tickets to WES.

]]> By: brayndeded http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-295850 brayndeded Fri, 30 May 2008 05:08:30 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-295850 …sorry, I hit ‘sbmit’ by mistake. The best thing I saw coming out of WES has to be the Unity4life. Lots of buzz about it and it seems very handy.

]]> By: brayndeded http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-489320 brayndeded Fri, 30 May 2008 05:08:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-489320 …sorry, I hit ‘sbmit’ by mistake. The best thing I saw coming out of WES has to be the Unity4life. Lots of buzz about it and it seems very handy.

]]> By: brayndeded http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-295848 brayndeded Fri, 30 May 2008 05:06:33 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-295848 Well, I didnt get to go to my first WES due to my wifes horse throwing our frind off and braking her foot in 3 places!! ouch!! It happened (8 days I think) before WES, I felt bad about it because she lives in the country alone and had no way to get around. (it was her driving foot that broke.) So my wife and I stayed home to tend to the ladys house and animals and farm. If I win this, it wouldnt be for me so much as it would be for our friend and my wife…they deserve a break…a GOOD one this time!! ha

]]> By: brayndeded http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-489319 brayndeded Fri, 30 May 2008 05:06:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-489319 Well, I didnt get to go to my first WES due to my wifes horse throwing our frind off and braking her foot in 3 places!! ouch!! It happened (8 days I think) before WES, I felt bad about it because she lives in the country alone and had no way to get around. (it was her driving foot that broke.) So my wife and I stayed home to tend to the ladys house and animals and farm. If I win this, it wouldnt be for me so much as it would be for our friend and my wife…they deserve a break…a GOOD one this time!! ha

]]> By: CONFIDENTIAL http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-294616 CONFIDENTIAL Tue, 27 May 2008 18:36:30 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-294616 What WES meant for me:
1- After arriving Sunday night, not going to bed BEFORE 3:30am Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
2- Waking up no later than 8:30am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
3- Needing to find a USB cable to connect my BlackBerry to a computer, being around thousands of BlackBerry users within a 3 mile radius, and only being able to find ONE USB CABLE after 3 hours or searching! Forutnately, he needed a Wall Charger and I needed a USB Cable so it worked itself out.
4- Going to the RIM VIP Party @ Hard Rock Cafe Monday night. Open bar! WOO HOO!
5- Going to the WES Party Tuesday night. John Mayer, meh. But again, Open Bar! WOO HOO!
6- Going to the AT&T VIP Party at House Of Blues on Wednesday night (and skipping out on the Sprint VIP party at NASCAR cafe which turned out to be a great move) and seeing Hootie and the Blowfish…and yep, again…OPEN BAR! WOO HOO! Also, we all walked out with a new 8110. Not that it was THAT big of a deal, but considering the hate relationship I have with the former Cingular, I was glad to walk out with a free device and have 7 Crown and Cokes at their expense.
7- Meeting up with the VodaFone guys in downtown Disney after the AT&T party and consuming I don’t know how much more alcohol…But it was a lot.
8- Trying to find my ways around the halls of the conference center the first day and realizing 1/2 way through the day that the reason I was missing breakout sessions was because I was still sent to Central Time, rather than Eastern Time (Thanks BlackBerry).
9- Meeting Minh Doan from Unify4Life at 3:00am (approx) in the lobby of the hotel and being shown a brief over-view of the Unify4Life application. Of course, this was the night of the WES Party so I remembered absolutely nothing except it was kick-ass until the next morning when I received the email asking if I was still coming by the booth for the presentation.
10- Meeting you guys
11- BGR instant messaging me asking if I had seen the jokers in the “We are not BoyGenius Shirts”
12- Asking you (doug) if you had seen the post on BGR
13- Trying to find a TMOBILE or AT&T store anywhere near the convention center was a joke. Had to drive into Kissimmee to find one, and even then, they didn’t have what we needed.
14- Meeting Balsille at the AT&T party when 90% of the people there had no idea who he was.
15- Meeting up with Juan and Eric from CDW and hitting downtown Orlando on Thursday night. The women down there made me want to never to leave. I could have sat in that resturant for the rest of my LIFE and died a happy man.
16- Meeting all the people that were down there. And for those of you who I didn’t meet, trust me, it’s not that I didn’t have the time or didn’t know where to find you, it’s because I didn’t WANT to meet with you, probably because we have had a scuffle in the past and I didn’t feel like getting into it with you.

There was more but I actually have to get to work now…

See you all next year!

]]> By: CONFIDENTIAL http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-489318 CONFIDENTIAL Tue, 27 May 2008 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-489318 What WES meant for me:
1- After arriving Sunday night, not going to bed BEFORE 3:30am Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
2- Waking up no later than 8:30am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
3- Needing to find a USB cable to connect my BlackBerry to a computer, being around thousands of BlackBerry users within a 3 mile radius, and only being able to find ONE USB CABLE after 3 hours or searching! Forutnately, he needed a Wall Charger and I needed a USB Cable so it worked itself out.
4- Going to the RIM VIP Party @ Hard Rock Cafe Monday night. Open bar! WOO HOO!
5- Going to the WES Party Tuesday night. John Mayer, meh. But again, Open Bar! WOO HOO!
6- Going to the AT&T VIP Party at House Of Blues on Wednesday night (and skipping out on the Sprint VIP party at NASCAR cafe which turned out to be a great move) and seeing Hootie and the Blowfish…and yep, again…OPEN BAR! WOO HOO! Also, we all walked out with a new 8110. Not that it was THAT big of a deal, but considering the hate relationship I have with the former Cingular, I was glad to walk out with a free device and have 7 Crown and Cokes at their expense.
7- Meeting up with the VodaFone guys in downtown Disney after the AT&T party and consuming I don’t know how much more alcohol…But it was a lot.
8- Trying to find my ways around the halls of the conference center the first day and realizing 1/2 way through the day that the reason I was missing breakout sessions was because I was still sent to Central Time, rather than Eastern Time (Thanks BlackBerry).
9- Meeting Minh Doan from Unify4Life at 3:00am (approx) in the lobby of the hotel and being shown a brief over-view of the Unify4Life application. Of course, this was the night of the WES Party so I remembered absolutely nothing except it was kick-ass until the next morning when I received the email asking if I was still coming by the booth for the presentation.
10- Meeting you guys
11- BGR instant messaging me asking if I had seen the jokers in the “We are not BoyGenius Shirts”
12- Asking you (doug) if you had seen the post on BGR
13- Trying to find a TMOBILE or AT&T store anywhere near the convention center was a joke. Had to drive into Kissimmee to find one, and even then, they didn’t have what we needed.
14- Meeting Balsille at the AT&T party when 90% of the people there had no idea who he was.
15- Meeting up with Juan and Eric from CDW and hitting downtown Orlando on Thursday night. The women down there made me want to never to leave. I could have sat in that resturant for the rest of my LIFE and died a happy man.
16- Meeting all the people that were down there. And for those of you who I didn’t meet, trust me, it’s not that I didn’t have the time or didn’t know where to find you, it’s because I didn’t WANT to meet with you, probably because we have had a scuffle in the past and I didn’t feel like getting into it with you.

There was more but I actually have to get to work now…

See you all next year!

]]> By: Tom http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-293164 Tom Sun, 25 May 2008 03:29:48 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-293164 WES 2008 was a blast. What made the show for me? It was seeing NJBlackberry, meeting the guys from BBCool. It was checking out the newest products. I really liked Bayalink’s Liberty. It is like a huge reunion for me. I have been to all 7 WES and I get to see people once a year there; it is great. And how about the parties after hours, Oh My. WES has the best parties of any conference I go to. Getting to play with and fondle the Bold was pretty cool too. To sum it up, for a BB adict like myself, WES is the place to be every May! The sessions don’t do much for me but the three Ps are it for me. People, Parties, and Products.

]]> By: Tom http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/05/23/weekly-contest-what-was-wes-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-489317 Tom Sun, 25 May 2008 03:29:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7312#comment-489317 WES 2008 was a blast. What made the show for me? It was seeing NJBlackberry, meeting the guys from BBCool. It was checking out the newest products. I really liked Bayalink’s Liberty. It is like a huge reunion for me. I have been to all 7 WES and I get to see people once a year there; it is great. And how about the parties after hours, Oh My. WES has the best parties of any conference I go to. Getting to play with and fondle the Bold was pretty cool too. To sum it up, for a BB adict like myself, WES is the place to be every May! The sessions don’t do much for me but the three Ps are it for me. People, Parties, and Products.

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