The Plantronics Backbeat GO 2 I was just given because they liked me, and the RIG I was given for participating in their LoL contest. You used it in the contest and at the end you got to keep it. It was sweet! I also got to do that because they liked me.

@Dashrender said:

the shirts aren't really worth anything (at least not to most as they would never buy them in the first place)

The rest - wow.. how did you walk out with two things from Logitech?

I'm guessing you were outside the norm on the stuff you acquired.

The two Logitech devices I was just given by Micro something or other. They had a race and I showed up at the convention center at 6:30AM before anyone else was there. The vendor was setting up, I did the race, and he was kind to me for being the first Spicehead to do the race (plug in some RAM and an SSD to the motherboard). Most didn't get that. I was just in the right place at the right time.

@scottalanmiller said:

I love CloudFlare

Is @Dominica driving so you can post?

@Dashrender said:

What kind of swag are you getting that's worth $3-400?

It's not any one item. I walked away from SW last year with:

13 t-shirts ($15 each if you bought them)
Logitech K350 ($60 retail)
Logitech M705 ($40 retail)
Tons of miscellaneous little stuff (~$50-75 in stuff)
Plantronics Backbeat GO 2 ($130 retail)
Plantronics RIG ($100 retail)

Even not counting the miscellaneous items, as that's subjective, the rest is over $500 in stuff. I paid $199 for my ticket as I got it right after SW Austin 2012. So, even though I had to pay to fly down and room down there, I still made out pretty good.

@MattKing said:

@ajstringham said:

@MattKing said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@MattKing said:

Cappuccino and news, starting off the day.

Speaking of news I will NOT be at SW this year, say hi to the other Monkeys for me!

Will do. Sorry that we won't be seeing you. Maybe the next ML event!!

Of course, show some love to the Houston peeps; or a short drive to Dallas either way.

You should have come on your own! Damn the torpedos! Full speed ahead!

Haha I was thinking about it, but I only do IT on the side (home/test stuff) so everyone would be like "Whyyyy is Matt (purchasing) following us to the IT conference"?

So come as an IT Pro and not as a GG. You'll make your money back (not now but six months ago) on the ticket price in swag, easily!

@MattKing said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@MattKing said:

Cappuccino and news, starting off the day.

Speaking of news I will NOT be at SW this year, say hi to the other Monkeys for me!

Will do. Sorry that we won't be seeing you. Maybe the next ML event!!

Of course, show some love to the Houston peeps; or a short drive to Dallas either way.

You should have come on your own! Damn the torpedos! Full speed ahead!

@Hubtech said:

y'all are swinging by to pick me up right?

Are you actually riding with them?

Just got to work. Settling in for the day.

Off to bed after watching an extra episode of "The Blacklist". Gotta get up tomorrow for my last day of work until next Friday.

Watched the second half of Book 3 of Legend of Korra. It was a pretty good season but not their strongest. Book 4 starts first week of October!

@nadnerB said:

Thanks everyone, especially @JaredBusch. I can't thank you enough

I'm still coming to terms with the fact that you spooled up a testing ground for me to tinker with!
Totally sold on the WordPress platform.

Wordpress is an awesome platform. It's free and easy. More websites than you might think are built on it.

@Minion-Queen said:

Trying to clean my house, pack, and handle prospective client meetings today. 5 new client contacts this morning! Business is picking up fast!

That's true. It's almost time to start packing! AAHH!! I have to do laundry!

Scott and I both blog. My site is technically a blog.

Setting up your own Wordpress server is plenty easy, and you can setup your own website pretty cheap. You can also always setup a Wordpress site on their network with a domain.wordpress.com setup for free, I think.

Wordpress.

About to head to bed. Day 2 of training tomorrow.

Watching One Piece. Just finished watching "The Blacklist".

@JaredBusch said:

Installing iOS 8 on my iPhone5.

#1 thing I am looking forward to is the improved security stuff that will allow LastPpass to now work directly through Safari.

Love LastPass! I wish it had better integration with Chrome for Android.

Eating pudding for lunch and drinking chocolate milk...healthy stuff I know. LOL

Watching "The Blacklist".