[Bruce N. goren]

It is still worth walking the aisles to see old friends and catch new tech trends that have yet to make it into print or the web. Social networking brings me the BIZ news faster than than broadband. And you can get good deals if you are willing to buy “show specials”.

For the past few years my NAB plan has been to fly in to Vegas early in the morning for one full day of exhibit hall visits and fly back late that evening after one or two after closing time events. Airfare from most cities is pretty cheap for Las Vegas, a fraction of even a one night stay anywhere on the strip during a convention. I used to get the super cheap “Funjet” hotel/flight packages for gamblers from Southwest for the entire week before they wised up and blacked out the NAB days.

As for SIGGRAPH, I used to go every year and take lots of courses but I’ve scaled back there as well, doing the one day commando raid style visit every other year or so – west coast only. Know anyone who wants to buy my copy of the 1981 conference proceedings?

Bruce N. Goren
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
John Wooden, Basketball Coach