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We got our Plugfest on! For awhile now I have wanted a “booth” like atmosphere for powerful OSS products… and this year, thanks to Paul Nagy, we got it. I got a chance to show off Mirth who played the integration role in the demonostration. I have to thank Jeff Peters from Webreach for providing the cool swag and everything I needed to represent this outside of his organization. Of course, I need to thank Spectrum Health for letting me have some professional hack time at these venues, and would like to thank SIIM for letting Paul’s brain child come of fruition, I hope it gets a chance next year and a shot a refinement.
With that being said, it was the first Plugfest. I immediately would like to say that the tables should NOT have been in the center of the room, but rather against the walls, or in aisleways, much like a vendor show. We could have been facing folks one at a time instead of trying to “talk in circles” literally. This also would have given the opportunity to set up some A/V and video screencasting distribution a little smoother. Another point, Mirth was somewhat of a star, and I needed more representation. I think I underestimated that, and next year, Im going to beg Webreach to send somebody out to help. At the ring of the bell, I was instantly swamped and intimidated, but obliged most interested best I could with sample channels, some swag from the webreach camp, and put my MacBook to work by ripping 12 adhoc CD’s with the screencasts, sample channels and webinars. Participants to the plugfest were cordial to say the least, and some had already deployed some interesting integrations with the product. I would have liked more time, (how about an all day thing Paul?) to see what they have done, but the evil of moderating is participating sometimes becomes a challenge. Can you believe I missed the dcm4chee table altogether and it was right next to me? This is ok however, since I got this cool dcm4che.org hat hat to wear all over the Emerald City, and was also knighted with cool polo shirts from Webreach and dcm4che (PACS Mafia).
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