I’m back in the office and still riding the high from the Affiliate Summit. I’m thrilled to be back in San Francisco where the humidity is less oppressive than Miami, but sad that the event is over.

Missy Ward and Shawn Collins do such a phenomenal job putting on the premiere conference of the affiliate space it’s no wonder that everyone is still buzzing about it long after it’s over.

Here’s the quick wrap up on day one of the Affiliate Summit’s full-day conference program. The keynote with Ze Frank was entertaining. There was definitely a message to be taken away from the speech that applies to this community but it was a little subtler than the average conference keynote. I enjoyed Ze very much and from my unscientific poll so did everyone else.

Sorry for the delay in posts, but Miami is hopping with affiliate action. Many more Affiliate Summit attendees arrived on Saturday night just in time to join the crowd for the Affiliate Dinner Roast of Missy Ward and the Buy.at party in South Beach.

Missy was a good sport as come close friends poked fun at her. Her Affiliate Summit co-host Shawn Collins created a hilarious video. Unfortunately, it will likely not get posted since not all the material was appropriate for general consumption.

It’s the seventh day of the seventh month of the year 2007. It’s supposed to be a magical thing. People are getting married and doing things to mark this numerical calendar rarity. Ok, so it happens almost each year with different dates, but heck, who am I to argue with people that want a reason to celebrate.

I’m not sure that magical is the right word for what I’ve been experiencing today, but I think educational (along with downright muggy) would describe my day so far.

I’m headed to Miami on Friday for the Affiliate Summit. The day prior to the event I’ll be attending Andy Rodriguez’s Affiliate Manager Best Practices seminar. I went last year in Chicago and it was amazing. I met so many great people that have continued to provide me with invaluable insight into this business. I’m looking forward to it again.

This morning on my way to work I saw a homeless man standing on a street corner in downtown San Francisco with a big, hand scrawled cardboard sign that read:

Bush Crimes
Googe Search
Renegade Movement

I wish I had taken a picture and that he had a spell checker.