SIMposium – Day 2
We had a great second day of SIMposium in Seattle! It was full of great keynote presentations, breakout sessions, and good food! I learned a lot of great things not only about Information Technology but about leadership in general. There were a lot of CIOs from around the country that we were able to talk to and participate in sessions with.
After the sessions were over, they had a networking event at the Seattle “Experience Music Project” and Science Fiction Museum. Experience Music Project (EMP) is dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in popular music. By blending interpretative, interactive exhibitions with cutting-edge technology, EMP captures and reflects the essence of rock ‘n’ roll, its roots in jazz, soul, gospel, country and the blues, as well as rock’s influence on hip-hop, punk and other recent genres. 
When we arrived, they had a cocktail hour to loosen every one up. 🙂 Then they had a great buffet of food to eat. After eating (and more drinking for some), we went into the museum and looked around for the rest of the time. We saw all kinds of things from Michael Jackson’s jacket and silver glove, to Jimmi Hendrix’s guitars and memorabilia, to Eddie Van Halen’s red and white striped guitar, and much more. In the atrium, they had a “guitar tree that spanned all the way up to the roof (shown to the right).
Upstairs, they had an array of instruments you could play, and some sound rooms that you could “jam out” and practice in. There are a lot of members of our RLF group who are pretty musically talented and I sat and watched three of them jam out on drums, base, and lead guitars. It was pretty cool.
After listening to them, there were a bunch of the group who got together and decided to go into the mock concert stage (sound room) and make a recording together. In honor of the bead necklace concept and nuts (long story, I won’t elaborate here), the group named itself “Rusty Nutt” and performed. Here is a link to the video: Click Here. Important note: This does NOT show the talent of anyone in the group (except the drummer and possibly 1 guitar player). 🙂
I came home and crashed (although I didn’t sleep too well) while others stayed out and didn’t get back in until about 1 in the morning! 🙂
