The BriForum Chicago 2008 Attendee Blog

BriForum 2008 DEMO Lab video podcasts now online

Jack Madden — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:28:26 GMT

Those of you who attended BriForum probably noticed us filming Brian in the DEMO Lab. We were recording videos of the vendors showing off what they brought to BriForum. Links to the videos are available at the bottom of this blog post....(read more)

Michael Thomason website

David Patterson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:23:45 GMT

I am looking for more information on the DPM that Mike mentioned in his presentation. www.autometrix.com is giving me a dead link did the site move?...(read more)

BriForum Presentations and Videos - How to download?

Manoj Malhotra — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:48:35 GMT

Anyone: How do I download BriForum presentations and videos? If I recollect right, Brian mentioned that these will be available the day after presentation. Manoj...(read more)

I Wish

Marc Severino — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:17:28 GMT

Although i really enjoyed Briforum and the Login Consultants I would have like to see more of Wim Van Balen! ( a prior BriForum speaker) He's the Man!...(read more)

Citrix ICA for the iPhone?

Craig Miller — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:24:39 GMT

I got home today from Briforum and started to play catch up on news that I may have missed while I was gone at Briforum, and I came across this one from ZD Net Australia . I'm surprised I didn't hear anyone mention anything about what appears...(read more)

Live Mesh Sign Up?

Craig Miller — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:57:35 GMT

This afternoon Nelly Porter gave a presentation on Microsoft Graphics Remoting: Now, Next and Beyond , and she showed Microsoft's new Live Mesh Project tech preview towards the end. Live Mesh looks really awesome and really reminds me of Apple's...(read more)

These new headphones are awesome...

Eric Christiansen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:06:22 GMT

So I was the one that won the wireless headphones after Brian called like 10 names. I was all excited to read on the box that they weren't bluetooth, but used their own transmitter so I could use it on my iPod. I got to the airport, get through security...(read more)

Big Mac Attack?

Tony — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:53:56 GMT

Anyone else notice the large increase in number of Apple Mac users at BriForum this year? Last year there were a handful, this year it seems like almost half the attendees are using Macs....VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!...(read more)

A short recap

Michael Keen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:09:25 GMT

Some really great technical sessions, but the conversations are awesome...(read more)

Topic ideas for today's Birds of a Feather session?

Brian Madden — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:22:54 GMT

We have a Birds of a Feather session scheduled today in Room 3 at 2:30. This session can be anything you want. So, what do you want to talk about? Is there any session you missed that you really want to see? Is there a topic that you'd like to discuss that you didn't get a chance to see so far? Let us know by posting a comment to this blog post....(read more)

BriForum Online Content

Jason Richardson — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:03:55 GMT

When will the conference sessions be available online to be "viewed"? Will they be downloadable?...(read more)

Reverse Engineering an installed application

David Hudgens — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:49:29 GMT

Looking for an application that can reverse-engineer an installed application and repackage it....(read more)

Wireless woes

David Hudgens — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:34:18 GMT

Encountered many individuals experiencing WLAN issues. Might have something to do with the numerous ad-hoc networks broadcasting and potentially interfering with the BriForum access points. If you have an ad-hoc network enabled, please disable it. If...(read more)

Found the Beer Garden

David Hudgens — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:41:50 GMT

Content posted with out-of-breath pauses and heavy breathing. Out of shape IT Admin. Walked from downtown Chicago to far end of Navy Pier. Parched from walk. Mentally-strained from trying to fold pocket-guide. Somehow ended up at Beer Garden. Too tired...(read more)

This year's BriForum has the most attendees ever

Brian Madden — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:33:19 GMT

As of 3:10 this afternoon, we have 440 people coming to BriForum, making it a fair amount bigger than last year's event with 400 people. This is pretty cool for us, especially considering that event attendance in general is really down this year due to the economy. (Citrix's Synergy event only had 2000 people instead of 4000, although that could be because they changed the name, date, AND location!)...(read more)