Well, that’s it. I’m done writing about Mobile World Congress for now. Much more could have been written (like the fascinating conversation I had with Lenn Pryor, now Nokia’s VP of Software and Services), but I am MWC’d out.
Some of the great people and bloggers I bumped into at the show include Stowe Boyd, Darla Mack, Jonathan Greene, Matt Miller, Alan Reiter, Oliver Starr, Bill Tam, Lubna Dajani (get that blog going, Lubna!), Esme Vos, Martin Geddes, Dean Bubley, Xen Mendelsohn, Martyn Davies, Jonathan Zar, Loren Feldman (and it was me who mistook him for Ze Frank), Markus Goebel, Jeb Brilliant, James Body, Florian Seroussi, Daniel Appelquist and of course Pat Phelan. You can read more about the show on any of their blogs.
A special shout-out to Pat Phelan. Not only did he provide a MaxRoam SIM for we North American bloggers to use while roaming in Europe, he also showed up a day later and presented me with the Yoigo SIM I used for data. Why? I had left my passport in our hotel in Vilanova i la Geltrú, 45 km from the show. What a prince! Thank you Pat.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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You were more than welcome Alec
It was great to see you, lets not leave it so long the next time.