It went well. NEAR-fest had a paid gate of nearly 2400 despite pretty hearsh weather on Friday. I sold about 30-40 Arduino platforms, that is kits based on either the BBB or the RBBA. It was about 50-50 between Arduino newbies and old hands.
I had posted that I would have my bootloader burner with me and available for use on several other lists and forums besides here. Six people showed up bearing various Arduino boards and got new bootloaders, most of them had NG boards they had bought from SparkFun and the rest had BBB's.
It was fun and there were several breaks where we got together and hacked some code and hardware.
I will be at the hamfest in Longueiul, near Montreal on October the 26th. I have reserved an extra table for "play space" ...
cheers ... BBR