In the Blogger's Lounge

After a gru­el­ing morn­ing that included wait­ing in a 3 block line to get our pre­reg­is­tered (hah!) badges, as well as a chaotic set of direc­tions that sent Pam from one line to another once we got inside, we are finally tak­ing a breather at 4:50 pm. It’s almost five?!! Wow, day 1 went by fast.

Mac­World is big­ger and more crowded than I remem­ber, for this decade, and I’ve been here nearly every year since 1987. It reminds of the shows I used to attend in the late 80’s and early 90’s, when Apple was on its sec­ond wave of suc­cess (if you count the Apple II as the first wave). There are 2 halls: the first one we made our way through was the ‘small hall’. It turns out that this one was more of an appe­tizer, and this hall is about twice as big, both area and height.

We’ve run into a few old friends, and the theme of this year’s expo, at least accord­ing to what Pam tells me is: I’m get­ting old. Even my friends have grey hair.

As I sit in this rel­a­tively quiet lounge of white uphol­stered chairs, mod­ern lamps and bowls of M&M pack­ets (with extra print­ing of the icons of each of the Microsoft Office prod­ucts on them), Pam is sit­ting next to me and also tak­ing a break. Nev­er­the­less, she can’t help but edit me as I write this, so it may read a lit­tle bet­ter than my usual posting.

OK. This took enough time, and despite the rel­a­tive trendi­ness of upload­ing a photo of us as I do this, I think I’ve spent enough time while the mul­ti­tudes of ven­dors and prod­ucts await. I may be get­ting old, but this Expo hasn’t beat me yet!