Build Day 1 - The Keynote, HoloLens, Edge and Satya Nadella!

It was an early start for the Day One Keynote at Build - but that was OK, thanks to jetlag, we were up at 5:30am anyway!

There was the usual crush for the Keynote - so many people keen to be present for the exciting announcements - so much more exciting in person than online! There was a real buzz in the hall, it was great to be part of it.

And the stream of amazing speakers and announcements meant information overload - from Satya Nadella's opening, to Mark Russinovich on Docker, and Scott Hanselman and his 3D Channel 9 guy!  Plus Alex Kippan, Joe Belfiore and Terry Myerson - it was a lot to take in, and I highly recommend you check it out the streaming on Channel 9 for yourself.

It was excellent to hear the direction Microsoft was taking with Windows 10, it is a great platform to develop for, and now it is so much more - who wouldn't want their phone to be like their PC? 

We were all on the Edge of our seats (groan) too for the Project Spartan naming announcement - Microsoft Edge is a cool name!

I know the room was very excited for all the cross-platform announcement, but for me, the standout section was HoloLens!  It is amazing, and there was an announcement that a select number of attendees would get to try it out! Such a mad rush for that! More news on that later...

Plus of course the announcement we will all be getting an HP Spectre x360 convertible Windows notebook was also very well received :D