Ten Things We Learnt at the Business Roadshow

Yesterday TP and I spent the morning at the Business Roadshow conference. Here are ten things that we learnt:

1. It is possible to be Australian for 18 years and yet only to have been in Australia for the last four years;
2. An hour-and-a-half long presentation will always exceed two hours;
3. Those two hours feel like ten;
4. A ring-binder costing $1 can be sold to businesses for $50 if you write 'Financial Year 2005' on the front and side;
5. The owner of Reckon has been so successful he's been reduced to selling said folders;
6. Unlike 10 years ago the Sheraton is no longer a good place to hold a conference that requires an outside internet connection or a working sound system;
7. At a conference held at the Sheraton you can have all the coffee and tea you like but water only comes by the glassful and has to be specifically ordered;
8. You can repeatedly promote your spouse's marketing company by saying 'It's just easier for me to use it because I know it so well';
9. IPAQs have very poor handwriting recognition and worse email sending capabilities;
10. Microsoft have some very cool ideas regarding interconnectivity but are still obsessed with vendor lock-in.