Monday, January 16, 2006
Diggin' In @ Moscone
With this being the last day at the show, we had to make sure that we got through everything we had to. Craig had to attend his Art Director's Symposium and I wanted to go through a few booths a little more carefully then the first time we went through.
I also wanted to talk to the folks at RealMac Software and find out what my problem was with RapidWeaver. As it turns out though, I probably won't be using it for the EZ Mac Podcast because Apple added a program called iWeb to their iLife '06 suite of apps.
All of the larger vendors had booths that you could walk into and through. Whereas the smaller ones just had booths that were 20' wide by 10' deep lined up next to each other; flea market-style, for lack of a better description.
Larger vendors such as Microsoft, Quark, Adobe and Apple had presentation stages integrated into their booths for scheduled presentations about the wares they were showing off. Macintosh media outlets also had presentation booths where special guest speakers would come in and give informative presentations that all were welcome to listen to. We saw Christopher Breen from Macworld magazine and author Ted Landau.
There were also a couple of booths where you could actually buy things and walk away with them. Dr. Bott's and Guitar Center come to mind. B & H from New York were there with some pretty good show specials, but you could only order from their booth, not actually take your purchase home with you.
About the picture of Confusious Craig - he tries on this hat and a lady comes out and tells him it's $1 to take pictures. Man, anything for a buck!
I also wanted to talk to the folks at RealMac Software and find out what my problem was with RapidWeaver. As it turns out though, I probably won't be using it for the EZ Mac Podcast because Apple added a program called iWeb to their iLife '06 suite of apps.
All of the larger vendors had booths that you could walk into and through. Whereas the smaller ones just had booths that were 20' wide by 10' deep lined up next to each other; flea market-style, for lack of a better description.
Larger vendors such as Microsoft, Quark, Adobe and Apple had presentation stages integrated into their booths for scheduled presentations about the wares they were showing off. Macintosh media outlets also had presentation booths where special guest speakers would come in and give informative presentations that all were welcome to listen to. We saw Christopher Breen from Macworld magazine and author Ted Landau.
There were also a couple of booths where you could actually buy things and walk away with them. Dr. Bott's and Guitar Center come to mind. B & H from New York were there with some pretty good show specials, but you could only order from their booth, not actually take your purchase home with you.
About the picture of Confusious Craig - he tries on this hat and a lady comes out and tells him it's $1 to take pictures. Man, anything for a buck!
All in all, the show was everything I expected it to be. Lots of cool new stuff to see. Lots of iPod accessories to be sure and I even got see Kato Kaelin.
