Why Vendor Events Are Useless

John seldom goes to major vendor events any more. They've gotten so big that you can't actually get anything useful done and he already owns too many of the various give away items that abound at 'partner" booths at these things.

They always seem to be in inconvenient locations (at least if you live in the Northern Midwest they're inconvenient) and I hate the travel. Every now and again, however, something comes to Chicago that looks like it could be interesting or useful, and I sign up.

Inevitably I regret it. Yesterday was no exception.

Continued at CIO Insight