The FireHost team spent last week at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, MD for HostingCon 2009.

We met great people from current and potential service partners while walking the exhibit hall on Tuesday and Wednesday, but enjoyed time spent talking at length with interesting fellows during the networking events most. The representatives from companies like KSplice, Lycos, BlitzLocal, the IRS (believe it or not) and New Commerce Communications shared interesting perspectives, and we hope our paths have the chance to cross again sometime before the next event.

A special thanks to Rand Fishkin from SEOMoz and Dan Hackett from Aileron for interjecting some interesting and less technical fodder during the last day’s keynotes. Your presentations were really a treat for everyone who attended all three days.

Surf #HostingCon on Twitter to watch ongoing discussion from the event and to follow announcements about next year.

We’ll see you in Austin!