I remember way back when IBM Connect was called Lotusphere, there would be two big surprises that everyone waited for…who was going to be the guest opening general session speaker, and at which theme park the big party was going to be. Nowadays the guest opening general session speaker is still a surprise, but there are other guest speakers that are advertised to be there, probably to lure people to the conference. Too bad I found out too late that Scott Adams was going to be there this year! It would have been cool to meet him and just chat for a bit about the Hello, Monday comics that I had done for IBM. Luckily for me, I found someone on the inside to help me deliver a present from me on behalf of all IBMers (at least the IBMers that aren’t embarrassed by my work :P).

I hope he sees it! Here it is below:

Panel 1: IBMer: Man! Today's Dilbert is spot on again! Scott Adams must have someone working on the inside. I just know it! Panel 2: Watson: Here is all the internal IBM data I collected for this month, as requested. Scott Adams: Excellent, Watson. Excellent! Panel 3: Watson: Now when will I be featured in your comic strip, as you promised? Scott Adams: Uh...soon...yeah...oops! gotta go! Panel 4: Watson analysis. 96%: He fooled you. 11%: He is in a hurry. 1%: Toronto. Watson: Hmm...