I finally attended my first Sitecore Chicago Meetup. This is my high level overview in a few words and pictures.

I got dressed for the occasion with my freshly made Sitecore Runner t-shirt. I took the train to Chicago. It is only 1.5 hour commute for me. 🙂 I am the first/last train stop to/from Chicago.

I had some time to kill when I got to Chicago and Rightpoint invited me to check out their offices and have a beer. I got to tour their offices and talked a little about my Sitecore experiences and my current company I am at Paragon.

We got to the meeting a few minutes late. After banging on the door since it was locked we were let in. 🙂 The first thing I saw was the food. They served Lou Malnati’s pizza my favorite, along with refreshments and dessert. Regrettably I forgot to take a picture of the food.

The first presentation was “Experience Marketing Presentation: High Level Review of the latest from Sitecore. Lead by Tim Ahlenius (Sitecore Digital Strategist MVP from Americaneagle.com)”. It was great and very informative of a feature that I can see being very useful.

The second presentation was “Sitecore Publishing Service. Lead by Jim Noellsch (Senior Technical Architect from Rightpoint)”. So good to hear about how much the publishing has improved with Sitecore. I know this change will make Sitecore clients happy.

The meetup ended after the second presentation. I can’t wait for the next one. I hope I can eventually do a presentation at one. If you are interested in attending a future one check out the meetup website here. Listen to Yoda.