Month: May 2017

This is the most expensive badge I’ve ever encountered. The thing is, if you lose it, they don’t issue a second one. Participating in the conference costs from

$2500 to $3500, depending on the subscription. So you do the math.)

I’m sure right now every second reader is asking themselves: “Hmm, isn’t that a good business?”. There are three answers: 1) for such, they put you in jail here 2) forging the ribbon is harder 3) sometimes they scan the QR code, and it’s unique. It’s also worth noting that such thoughts simply do not occur to the average American (hence security experts from ex-CIS are in demand here). Interestingly, the problem of transferring an annual pass from hand to hand at neighboring Disney World was solved radically: they scan fingerprints. They haven’t gotten to that point here yet, so probably someone still does it.

After the Hybris director’s speech, a presentation began with Klitschko in the main role about changes & challenges with diagrams

7.77 Mbps download and 73 Mbps upload — internet in a hall with 15000 IT professionals during a keynote presentation (and everyone is tweeting and using Facebook)

Event organizers in Russia, send these photos to venues in response to “why is there no internet/why is the internet so poor,” dispelling myths that a few thousand people cannot be serviced by Wi-Fi spots due to physical limitations and the characteristics of closely placed radio transmitting devices.

Natalya Troitskaya, Daria Prokhorova and also Vladimir Gabrelyan, Dmitry Voloshin, Sergey Plugotarenko, Sergey Grebennikov, Oleg Bunin

Yesterday was the partner event, today is the first official opening day of SAP Sapphire 2017. 15,000 people have gathered. Currently, SAP’s head Bill McDermott is speaking, just after Michael Dell. Bill is an excellent speaker. If his speech and the panel interview yesterday with Daymond John become available, I’ll share them.

The Orlando expo center is simply huge. It is six times larger than the Moscow expo center. The total area is over half a million square meters. I arrived on the wrong side by taxi yesterday, and it took me almost 40 minutes to walk inside the building. This hall alone is 35,000 sq. m. (the photo shows only part of it)

The only thing missing is the birch trees

Descending into the subway with Liza:

— Liza, I don’t remember, do we live on the gray or orange line?

— Well, dad, we used to live at the penultimate station of the gray line in Bibirevo, and here too we live at the penultimate station of the gray line.

We wasted four bucks. The line is closed, replacement buses are waiting for us outside.

I’m lost. Where am I?

An alley in Washington. Today is the open house day at European embassies. We’re in line for “Ireland”. The queue — 300 people. Half remain

Music of the Day

Stumbled upon a wonderful dialogue between two intellectuals on my favorite dirty https://experov.d3.ru/aleksandr-poniatov-i-pervyi-v-mire-videomagnitofon-1368194/#20587149, dubintek and Lastchance13, about the usefulness of biologists in Russia. There are about 20 screens of conversation, but it’s quite readable in fragments)

https://experov.d3.ru/aleksandr-poniatov-i-pervyi-v-mire-videomagnitofon-1368194/#20587149