After a landing I'd rather forget, which might actually be a good one in Denver (lucky I recently learned that modern passenger jets are designed to land at up a to 45 degree angle to the runway!), we arrived in Denver last night (depending on where you are). Today was pre-partner-conference-event-day (I'm pretty sure there is a catchy acroynom, I'm just not sure what it is!).

Today was a day of meetings and MS Partner 101 - I think that means I am officially assimilated!

We had a good meeting with several key members of the Microsoft Information Worker Partner Team, which was great - very synergistic (if that is a real word) with what our philosophy around SharePoint and Office is. And then a fairly indepth look at what the value that Microsoft adds in terms of an organisation to be partnered with - there were actually some surprising results here in terms of rankings in market share and growth. After which in the midst of several thousand Partner (approx 7,000 I think) we ran into Bjarne. About 48 hours of travel between us - but only 6 degrees of separation.

Then, after a rest (read: email check) it was off to the welcome reception, shortly followed by the Australian Welcome reception and drinks and a free (possible hijacked) Limo ride around the sights of Denver!

Looking forward to the sessions tomorrow, especially the one on MOSS Search...