Recently I was
invited to join a star-studded, able-bodied talented crew of Wi-Fi
social media folk at Wireless
Field Day 3. Happy, eager, enthusiastic, thrilled, and animated – they’re
all words. Specifically, according to Microsoft Word, they’re synonyms for how
I felt when I received the invite – (ridiculously) excited!
By now most of
you are probably familiar with the Tech
Field Day events but if you’re not, let me fill you in. The Tech Field Day’s
are a series of independent events that allow vendors to present their wares
and nifty technology to a group of social media folk who are active in that
particular field. In turn, these bloggers and tweeters provide their own
thoughts and analysis based on the vendor presentations. One of the aspects of
the Tech Field Days that really surprised me was how professionally the events
are filmed. Check out the video’s from Wireless Field Day 1 and Wireless Field Day 2 to see what
I mean!
As most of my
experience has been focused on Cisco, I look forward to checking out some of
the competition and offering some insight into what they can offer. So far Meraki, Ruckus
Wireless and WildPackets have
been confirmed, with more to come.
Due to the
relative dearth of engineers specializing in Wi-Fi, I felt like I was on a virtual
Wi-Fi island in Australia. Whilst I have worked with a number of excellent
engineers in other areas of networks and been able to throw ideas back and
forth with them, when it came to Wi-Fi, I have had to turn to Twitter in the last year to
continue the Wi-Fi conversation that was previously confined to my own head! Below
are some of the folk who have helped end my Wi-Fi insanity with a few new names
throw in – all of whom I look forward to meeting come September. The delegates
for Wireless Field Day 3 are:
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Ryan Adzima | A Boring Look | @radzima |
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Tom Carpenter | CWNP | @carpentertom |
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Sam Clements | SC-WiFi | @samuel_clements |
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Daniel Cybulskie | Simply WiFi | @SimplyWiFi |
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Rocky Gregory | Intensified | @bionicrocky |
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Jennifer Huber | I ♥ WiFi | @JenniferLucille |
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Blake Krone | Digital Lifestyle NSA Show |
@blakekrone |
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Chris Lyttle | WiFi Kiwi’s Blog | @wifikiwi |
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Sean Rynearson | WiFiGeeks | @Srynearson |
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Scott Stapleton | Phased Coexistence | @scottpstapleton |
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George Stefanick | my802.11 | @wirelesssguru |
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Gregor Vučajnk | Not your fathers WiFi | @gregorvucajn |
Now I just need
to stock up on kangaroo-themed tea towels, Crocodile Dundee themed
merchandise from the 80s and any other clichéd Australian cr quality
goods that I can find!
