1.	It's Friday night at Davos, and I think I've finally figured out how it works.
2.	One of my fellow Davos newbies said it's like being in a supermarket ten minutes before closing, constantly. You're always rushing to make it to the next thing, but while you're doing that you're supposed to be setting up your agenda for the next two days, and this is always going on, and believe me, it is quite confusing if you've never done it before, especially when you're jetlagged and sleep-deprived at high altitude and cold and worried about slipping on ice and scared by soldiers carrying machine guns. (One fellow Davoser said that Swiss soldiers don't carry handcuffs, they don't need them. Oh!)
3.	This afternoon I came to the conclusion that my first Davos is going to be spent learning how to do Davos, that I would be happy if I got to a few meetings or lunches or dinners that were interesting, I set the expectations low. Cut myself a little bit of slack. But then while I was trying to fall asleep late on Friday night (3PM back at home) I figured it out. I wanted to leave a list of clues for next year's Davos newbies, maybe if you have this all in one place, your Thursday and Friday will be very productive and rewarding, and maybe by summarizing it all in writing, my Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be richer too.
4.	By the way, I don't want to leave you with the impression that my first couple of days have been anything less than incredible and wonderful! These are the smartest people. I was lucky to go to a high school of the highest IQ kids in New York City. Davos feels like that, but instead of being kids who are smart (lots of potential) these are adults who are off-the-scale smart, who have accomplished something, they wouldn't be in Davos if they hadn't. I had lunch with an astronaut today. I had a frank conversation with a Russian presidential candidate (he was bitter about the United States, we shared that frustration, I tried to explain how crazy the US is, I don't think he understood. We agreed to get together when he comes to the US, I'm going to help him get his story out thru my website). Even the booth people at WorldLink, who I share space with, are smart and sweet.
5.	My frustration comes from all the people I haven't had a chance to meet or listen to. And that frustration traces back to too much newness. They do things differently at Davos, differently from any event I've been to before, and that adds to the confusion. So here are the mechanics, how Davos works, my cookie-crumb trail that other Davos Newbies can follow in the future.