{"id":9138,"date":"2011-01-24T15:01:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/50f_with_wind_chill_escape_to_itexpo_in_miami.html"},"modified":"2011-01-24T15:01:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T15:01:54","slug":"50f-with-wind-chill-escape-to-itexpo-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/50f-with-wind-chill-escape-to-itexpo-in-miami.html","title":{"rendered":"-50F With Wind Chill. Escape to ITEXPO in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know I would never stoop to reminding you about the weather to persuade you to attend what I believe to the be the best tech and telecom conference in the world – OK, maybe I would<\/a>.\"sun\"<\/p>\n

So I was driving along this morning on the way to work and noticed I couldn’t feel any of my fingers. I decided to check to make sure I was wearing gloves. I was. Then I realized I couldn’t feel any of my toes and yes I had shoes on.<\/p>\n

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I then looked at the temperature reading and it said one degree. I decided to risk my life to take the picture above while driving – I could have pulled over but hey, I was late for my first meeting and I would do just about anything for you, my faithful reader. Attention law enforcement professionals<\/em> – some elements of this blog post may have been overly sensationalized in order to provide dramatic effect.<\/p>\n

But getting back to Connecticut where TMC<\/a> is based – one coworker who lives in Danbury, CT said it was -11 degrees when she left her house this morning. And that’s nothing. If you can believe it… CBS News reports temperatures with wind chill hit as cold as -50 degrees F<\/a>!<\/p>\n

BTW, in AP biology back in high school we learned that -40F is the same temperature as -40C – this little bit of trivia courtesy of Mrs. Beers my 11th grade teacher. Hope I spelled her name right.<\/p>\n

Oh, but back to the point of this meandering post… It is freezing out. There is one show in Miami next week where you can go to network with those who matter in the world of tech and telecom. Almost forgot to mention it is called ITEXPO East 2011<\/a>. Every important topic is to be discussed from super WiFi to SIP to open source to virtualization and cloud computing. It is all there – in Miami under a single roof where you will also get to hear keynotes<\/a> from former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin<\/a> as well as executives from BT, Adobe, Aculab, GENBAND and Digium – the creators of Asterisk. Its the only industry event with a networking party<\/a> at Mangos, one of the hottest spots on South Beach. Yes, there are other places<\/a> to network as well.<\/p>\n

So I hope to see you there and I look forward to greeting you in person.<\/p>\n

Here is the ITEXPO<\/a> show site, collocated events<\/a>, free workshops<\/a>, exhibitor list<\/a> and giveaways you can win such as a new Jeep<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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