Photos: You Can Tell a lot About a Person From Their Shoes

It began when I saw a guy wearing shoes with a spring attached to the heel.  It thought it odd to see such shoes at the 13th annual Top 10 Tech Trends Churchill Club event that's co sponsored by , which is an R&D firm based in Menlo Park.  I expected shiny black shoes with little tassels on the ends of them to dot the carpet.

I had my camera on me, so I snapped a photo. Subsequently, I started scrutinizing everyone else's shoes to see if he was the only one who donned such bold beauties. And so it commenced.  Here is a slideshow of the shoes people wore to the event. (At least the ones who were networking before the event started.)

I didn't catch everyone's business card.  Help me identify who wore what? And if you're feeling extra sassy, tell me what you think these shoes say about their owners.