The last day of Tech.Ed was weird this year - probably because of the limited amount of time people had to get out of the convention centre. The Hands on Labs closed at 1pm and the vendor stalls were all down well before the locknote began.
The Windows Mobile Mobility Smackdown didn't involve any smashing phones this year. There were a lot more people but despite my having dog tags and therefore getting priority seating for the swag being thrown out, the vast majority went way over my head. I did get there late though and the tags did mean that I didn't have to stand at the back. Still - not as much fun as last year's.
Despite having lost my voice on Thursday and still not having it back I presented my second (and final) Instructor Led Lab, and despite being on at the same time as a Steve Riley talk, and the lab being on security issues, still managed to pull in a full room - and it ended up being the highest ranked ILL for the week. Go me!
The locknote was much much better than the keynote. Miha Kralj, a senior Architect at Microsoft, gave a very interesting talk about the future for IT and it wasn't tainted with the Developer brush that was used so heavily in the keynote.

The rain came down for the exit (had been lovely weather all week up until then) and then there was the slow taxi ride to the airport and the wait for the last plane back to Adelaide. All in all, a very busy, very entertaining, and successful week.
The biggest success for me? Apart from having two of the three highest ranked ILLs for the week and catching up with people (hi Trika, Tim, Jeffa, Brad, Kyle, Gordo, Kim and the other TLGs), was being certified by Chuck Norris.