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Arrrgggghhhhhhhh! Where are the internetz?! Even Starbucks is failing me.
Thoughts on Monday at Internet Librarian ---
Things I miss - the bookstore cafe across the street from the convention center is now a Starbucks; the British import store is gone replaced by a fitness center. Things that are still the same - most of the restaurants I like are still here. I stopped in for breakfast at the Old Monterey Cafe and oh yum. And dinner last night at Rappa's was great. Went to Rosine's for lunch. Had a quite lovely Cobb salad. I miss the idea of German chocolate cake but it didn't really call to me. And the Walgreen's where I buy Dr Pepper is still here. I really would like to come down to Monterery on holiday sometime.
The only session I took real notes on was the opening Keynote (see notes below). Other sessions I live tweeted instead (as connectivity allowed *sigh). I spent the day in the mobile sessions.
The grand opening of the exhibits was a terrible cocktail party sort of crush. I lasted about an hour and then realized that my dine-around for tonight wasn't until 7pm and went and crossed my name off. There was just no way I was waiting. I feel bad for Aaron someone from UC Chico who was the only other person signed up for that dinner. Games and virtual worlds used to be a much bigger draw. This year it is mobile, I think they exceeded their possible 18 sign-ups. I went to the designated restaurant (I was really so tired that decisions were not my strong suit), Lopez Cantina. It was near my hotel anyway.
There was a lovely new agey shop nearby called Luminata that was open until 7pm on Saturdays so after a caesar salad with fajita meat I stopped in and bought cards and a pair of earrings. I should list it on the NCLC resource site. There were lots of books, cards, jewelry and such, including a Wicca section. (He called it his "old wisdom" section.)
I am finding I don't have much stamina. I am really glad I am using the chair since my hotel is so far away. I could never walk that far carrying anything. But I took a break mid-afternoon and came back to the hotel, left the chair and walked about half way back to downtown with just my wallet. I got back to the room feeling quite sore and almost fell asleep. I imagine myself to be much more mobile than I actually am. I find this kind of discouraging. I have visions of myself being able to do all kinds of things and I just don't know how realistic they are. Traveling by myself to Costa Rica next spring may be overly ambitious.
Once again, there is no internet to be had at my hotel. I'm connected to the network but it has one bar and isn't actually going on the web. *sigh* The desk guy said their provider had server troubles yesterday but they had rebooted. I got on for a bit this afternoon (but it was slow and I needed to get back to the conference). And the connection at the conference is glacial. I don't know that I'm going to get any work done at all. Ack. I am supposed to be keeping up with work! If Ricoh wanted me to be in a hotel with decent wifi they should have paid for it I guess. *facepalm* But I feel guilty and anxious about it nonetheless.
( keynote notes )
Thoughts on Monday at Internet Librarian ---
Things I miss - the bookstore cafe across the street from the convention center is now a Starbucks; the British import store is gone replaced by a fitness center. Things that are still the same - most of the restaurants I like are still here. I stopped in for breakfast at the Old Monterey Cafe and oh yum. And dinner last night at Rappa's was great. Went to Rosine's for lunch. Had a quite lovely Cobb salad. I miss the idea of German chocolate cake but it didn't really call to me. And the Walgreen's where I buy Dr Pepper is still here. I really would like to come down to Monterery on holiday sometime.
The only session I took real notes on was the opening Keynote (see notes below). Other sessions I live tweeted instead (as connectivity allowed *sigh). I spent the day in the mobile sessions.
The grand opening of the exhibits was a terrible cocktail party sort of crush. I lasted about an hour and then realized that my dine-around for tonight wasn't until 7pm and went and crossed my name off. There was just no way I was waiting. I feel bad for Aaron someone from UC Chico who was the only other person signed up for that dinner. Games and virtual worlds used to be a much bigger draw. This year it is mobile, I think they exceeded their possible 18 sign-ups. I went to the designated restaurant (I was really so tired that decisions were not my strong suit), Lopez Cantina. It was near my hotel anyway.
There was a lovely new agey shop nearby called Luminata that was open until 7pm on Saturdays so after a caesar salad with fajita meat I stopped in and bought cards and a pair of earrings. I should list it on the NCLC resource site. There were lots of books, cards, jewelry and such, including a Wicca section. (He called it his "old wisdom" section.)
I am finding I don't have much stamina. I am really glad I am using the chair since my hotel is so far away. I could never walk that far carrying anything. But I took a break mid-afternoon and came back to the hotel, left the chair and walked about half way back to downtown with just my wallet. I got back to the room feeling quite sore and almost fell asleep. I imagine myself to be much more mobile than I actually am. I find this kind of discouraging. I have visions of myself being able to do all kinds of things and I just don't know how realistic they are. Traveling by myself to Costa Rica next spring may be overly ambitious.
Once again, there is no internet to be had at my hotel. I'm connected to the network but it has one bar and isn't actually going on the web. *sigh* The desk guy said their provider had server troubles yesterday but they had rebooted. I got on for a bit this afternoon (but it was slow and I needed to get back to the conference). And the connection at the conference is glacial. I don't know that I'm going to get any work done at all. Ack. I am supposed to be keeping up with work! If Ricoh wanted me to be in a hotel with decent wifi they should have paid for it I guess. *facepalm* But I feel guilty and anxious about it nonetheless.
( keynote notes )
