TechEd US 2007
So far the highlight of TechEd for me has been people’s reaction to Majority Desk. I said to a number of people before the demo that everyone’s reactions would be the same, “Oh my god…” The problem is that that reaction would come because of two very different reasons, “Oh my god… what is wrong with you people that has no business value!” or “Oh my god… that is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time.”
It seems that most people fall in the latter category. I’ve already spoke to a number SDNers from all different industries who see how they can use this type of interface in a broad range of applications. A airplane manufacturer navigating large engineering drawings to business people visualizing data sets in 3d to see patterns. This was the reaction we were hoping to create in the community a true sense of innovation and possibility. It’s also been a blast watching people mess around with the interface.
Here are some great photos from hacker night with Mark Finnern and Marilyn Pratt messing around with Majority Desk.
