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Last week I used #RootsTech to attempt the start of what may become a radical change to the way I work. It started with an experiment. I had said in an earlier blog post what items I would be carrying with me. At RootsTech 2012 the list included my digital camera, my cellphone, my laptop, a pen, a binder ...

At #RootsTech there were many vendors in the exhibition hall. I’m not sure what the total number of booths was, but it must have been close to 200. I think it took me over 6 hours to thoroughly go through the hall and talk to quite a few of the vendors. I’m always interested in any new genealogy software ...

Four whirlwind days at #RootsTech. Overall it was what I hoped for and what I expected based on my experiences from 2012. The larger half of the Salt Palace Convention Center gave us enough space to mill around. The exhibition hall was almost too large with so many vendors, it was almost impossible to do them ...

If you count the Innovators Summit day, this is really my 4th day, and the final day of RootsTech. I have to wrap up and leave by 1 p.m. to catch my flight home. Skipped this morning's #RootsTech keynotes to see the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Leonardo Museum in SLC for 6 mo ...

We're now starting my third full day of #RootsTech activity. Lots happened again. Here's what: I got to the keynotes in the middle of the Legal Genealogist's talk. She was very dynamic. I liked her stories, but didn't tweet about it, so lets start with my first tweet for the next keynote. Spencer ...

Today was the official first day of #RootsTech. Here's what happened according to my tweets: Close to 5000 people listening to Dennis Brimhall's opening keynote at #RootsTech. http://t.co/tZsaupNj2B— Louis Kessler (@louiskessler) February 6, 2014 Annelies Jansen in her #rootstech keynote ...

Today was the day before the official start of #RootsTech 2014, and it was called the Innovator's Summit. There were probably about 400 people who attended the Keynote, and that was followed by 4 4 sessions with 4 speakers to choose from in each session. Today I was live tweeting a lot at the session using ...

#RootsTech last minute organizing includes figuring out what you’re going to be carrying around with you. I’ve assembled the things I’ll be carrying with me. Lets go clockwise starting from the left. In addition, or maybe instead of the name tag that RootsTech will supply me, I’ll be wearing the ...

With #RootsTech 2014 just a week away, the Syllabi from the sessions now are available. I am going to the conference this year. Now that the syllabi are out, I make sure I browse through them to confirm that the sessions I previously planned out still are the ones I want to go to. But even if you’re not ...

It’s been over 5 years since I set up GenSoftReviews. My goal was to have a website, sort of like TripAdvisor for travelers, that would allow comparisons of Genealogy software from reviews and ratings by actual users. During that time, users have provided over 1900 reviews for hundreds of different programs. ...