The conference is over, and I am still processing what I heard and what I learned. I am thinking about many conversations I had during the conference and about many that didn’t happen because there were too many people.
This morning, I posted on the conference chat that my deepest regret is countless conversations that didn’t happen, and dozens of people supported this comment. Some first-time attendees mentioned that they were so overwhelmed that they didn’t talk to anybody from their shortlist, because something was happening all the time. And to be honest, I feel the same way!
I owe several new professional blog posts, RSVPs, talk submissions, and I don’t know what else. My head is spinning :). Yesterday, we took a cab to the airport together with my co-worker, whose flight was a little bit earlier than ours (at least, that’s what we thought), and because of that, we missed the end of the closing remarks (and there were several things I wanted to hear; now I need to find out whether they were said!).
When we arrived at the airport, we found that since there were very few Finnair flights, the Finnair check-in was closed and would only be open 2 hours before the flight. I had luggage to check, so we couldn’t go to the lounge, and had to sit on the first level for almost two hours. Oh, well.
The flight was on time, but it was a late flight to begin with, so we were home just before midnight. Tomorrow, Europe switches to the winter time, so that extra hour will be handy. And the US switches the next week, so I will get this extra hour twice!
Hettie's Reflections 