4D Summit 2005 Photos


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Here is a collection of photos from the 4D Summit in San Francisco, October 11 - 15, 2005.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005: Our Summit began at the lovely Westin St. Francis in downtown San Francisco. The 4D flag waved for several days in front of the hotel.
It was a great location, across the street from sunny Union Square and just blocks from Chinatown. Speaking of sunny Union Square, here it is.
Let's just face the inevitable. There are a lot of photos of Tom D. on my Summit pages. Get used to it now.
The hotel lobby bar was the place to see old friends and meet new ones. Here I am with Cliff, Tim, and Tommy.
At some point, Ant or Tom or someone talked over a dozen programmers into checking out the bar on the top floor. Somehow, we all managed to fit into the glass elevator and took a little ride.
The view from the top was wonderful in all directions.
Behold.
Enjoy.
Afraid of heights? Don't look down. Not afraid? Then enjoy the view of Union Square below. Sadly, the bar at the top of the hotel no longer exists, so we rode back down.
Per and his son joined us back at the lobby. You wouldn't think that babies would get much out of a conference like this, but I'm convinced that kid could write his own component by the end of the week.
Our missing friend, Mike, sent us on a sacred quest -- to find his new employee, Mark, take him out drinking, photograph said drinking, keep him out of too much trouble, and bail him out of jail as needed. At the opening reception, I met two different people who were not Mark: Fritz (left) and Justin (right).
Here's a pair of Aussies - Justin's wife Tamara and Wayne.
With our second smooshed-face photo in a row, it was officially a Summit tradition for Brian and me. Christian tried to join in but was not entirely successful.
My husband, Tom, and I were delighted to meet Jordi, who had helped us with tourist tips and a full walking tour when we visited Barcelona in 2004.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005: The next morning, the conference started with an excellent keynote, as usual.
Our room was just one floor up from the conference so it was a quick trip back to the room.
That evening, Henry, Tom, and I headed to Chinatown for dinner. Chinese food is delicious!
Chinatown itself is a very colorful place, especially at night.
It features some of the coolest street lamps you'll see anywhere.

Thursday, October 13, 2005: Thursday morning brought the keynote we'd been waiting for -- a demo of 4D 2007. At Orchard Software, we weare especially looking forward to the increased field and table limits, but there are many other goodies in 4D 2007 as well.
After the day's sessions, we piled into buses to go have some fun.
That evening, 4D treated us to an evening at SBC Park. Orchard's unofficial mascot, Orchy, tagged along.
Let's go in, shall we?
We enjoyed beverages and appetizers on the field and in the dugout. First order of business: get beverages. Second order of business: wave at Brian.
Note the 4D logo on the scoreboard. It was all very cool and enough to make grown baseball fans break down in happy tears.
Look, it's baseball park food served on fancy trays!
Orchy enjoyed one of the extremely tiny hotdog appetizers. Other goodies included artichoke hors d'oeuvres and the tiniest, roundest hamburgers you've ever seen.
From our position on the field, we could see where the party would be moving to later on - behind those windows up there.
In the meantime, though, we were having a great time mingling and enjoying the fantastic weather.
Next, the batting cages were opened to the group. My husband was a baseball player in a former life and couldn't wait to give it a try.
Out in the hallway, this little guy proved how much he loves baseball by singing every word of "Take me out to the ballgame."
He was a seasoned performer, having sung over the loudspeaker at his home ballpark, so he knew how to bow to his audience when he was done.
4D's resident graphics and video guru, Omid, outdid himself this year with a great video broadcast on the Giants scoreboard.
The faithful turned to watch ...
... as various 4D players, such as David, were interviewed sports-style for a very funny video.
With a flash of graphics, it was over too soon.
And now for something completely different: Espen.
Next, we were herded upstairs to the party room, featuring food, drinks, a live band, foosball tables, and seats with a great view of the field.
The 4D Summit logo was displayed on all of the monitors, which was nice.
At that time, partying did ensue as you can clearly see.
Those who wanted to get some more batting practice were brought back down to the batting cages in shifts.
Mark got in his second round of batting ...
... as did my husband. I am proud to say that man can hit a baseball. It's nice to have one person in the marriage who can do that.
Despite my best efforts, ball did not meet bat while I was up.
Lefty Victor relived some of his athletic glory days by hitting a few balls.
Marie of 4D Sweden took her turn and was thrilled to hit one. Everyone wanted to get a photo of her because she looks so good in a baseball helmet.
Back in the box seats, Mark (who was finally located on Wednesday) dreamed of watching the NC State football game while Tom D., Henry, and Tom B. waited for the lady with the camera to go away.
Jess and Clayton managed to smile despite not being the youngest developers at the Summit. Dang close, though.
We were so sad that Peter couldn't attend this year, but then he showed up out of the blue, just like last year. He's so spontaneous that way.
The neon Coca-Cola bottle across the field was especially impressive at night.
Justin and his lovely wife, Tamara, paused for a photo when they weren't busy cutting loose.
Moments later, they could be found out on the dance floor with Tom and me.
With Wednesday's and Thursday's keynote presentations behind him, Brendan busted a move while Tom busted something.
Mehboob got down with his funky self as well.
Sati and Brian serenaded us with an empassioned performance of "Mustang Sally" while lead singer Ruthie looked on.
While we were dancing to songs that were hits before they were born, the kids compared birthdates in the warm night air.
Bryan didn't actually attend the Summit, but he made time to join us for the 4D party and for drinks on Friday evening.

Friday, October 14, 2005: The next morning, my husband hijacked our camera and spent the morning sightseeing. While I was learning a ton of new stuff in John B.'s 4D Tips and Tricks session, Tom was enjoying the scenery at the waterfront. Here's Alcatraz in the distance.
Here it is zoomed in.
With me back at the conference, Tom easily won this game of Maersk.
There's the Oakland Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island.
Here's the view looking back toward the hotel area from Powell Street.
This triangular wonder is the Phelan Building.
Meanwhile, back at the Summit, nary a Windows laptop could be seen in the break room, but shiny Apple laptops dotted the room like sparkly stars in the sky. Melinda and Tom have the same size laptop, but Tom propped his on his backpack to make his appear larger. It's a 4D Trick he learned from John B.
Ant and Rob grabbed their customary keynote seats for the wrap up session with Laurent.
Brendan, Laurent, David, and Tom had a laugh before the keynote. Perhaps it's funny to be famous like them.
She's friendly, she's charming, and she can hit a baseball. I thought it might be nice to get a photo of Marie without the baseball helmet on.
Laurent's session showed us a little more detail of 4D 2007. Here is a query generated by 4D. Cool.
That evening, my husband and I went out for dinner with my friend, Marcel.

Saturday, October 15, 2005: In the cold light of Saturday morning, with the Summit behind us, Tom and I ventured out to find a restaurant. We found See's Candies instead, ...
... and these beautiful flowers.
We ended up trying "the best deal on the Square" for breakfast. Previously touted by a certain golden-haired Summit attendee as a bar within crawling distance of the hotel, Lefty O'Doul's serves a seriously delicious breakfast.
We were sad to say goodbye to our third floor hotel room with the view of the square and a 50-yard-walk to the session rooms below.
We shared a shuttle ride with Randall back to the San Francisco airport for the first leg of our ride home.
During our layover in Denver, we waved goodbye to Tom D. through the window of the airport.

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