Office 2.0 is without a doubt the most enjoyable conference/confab of the year.

Good karma and good things come from this.

Last year, I had the privilege of speaking on an early panel at Office 2.0. Perhaps it was 7:30am. Goodness, whenever it was, it was early. In the stupor of my early morning drive up from Palo Alto, I accidentally left my laptop bag in a hotel public area before I spoke. About halfway through the panel, I had that sinking feeling when I'd realized what I'd done. Sure enough, when I finished up, the bag was gone. Stolen. Taken. Gone.

Because of Office 2.0 technologies and vendors, my laptop was not a concern. My data was all in the Office 2.0 cloud — Salesforce.com; EchoSign; Zoho Writer; Hosted Outlook Exchange (Intermedia), TypePad, etc. I could just pick up another computer back at HQ.

But my keys were in the bag as well... argh. The car up in San Francisco. The office in Palo Alto. The home even further south. And no spare... Office 2.0 technology hadn't figured this out yet.

Fortunately, the good karma of the Office 2.0 Conference resolved even this pickle. After a desperate search for my bag, I informed the Office 2.0 conference staff. Somehow, ten minutes later, my laptop bag (keys intact) had been recovered from the St. Regis lobby, where someone had "borrowed it" — and was on the way out the door — but was miraculously apprehended in the lobby.

Magic. Good karma. The Office 2.0 Conference.