What a week
I'm back home, safe and sound. Got home late on Saturday -- lost the whole day in the air, basically. It's a subjective nine-hour trip traveling cross the country, west to east: The flight is about six hours, plus the three-hour time zone change. Add to that that I live about an hour and a half outside the city, and it's a long day of travel.
Our company recognizes MLK Day as a paid holiday, so this is a three-day weekend for us, which is perfect timing -- I can really use the rest.
Last week was fantastic -- one of the busiest shows I can remember. Ironically, I had to do less writing at this show than any in years, thanks to our retention of a very talented freelance writer who covered most of the news releases posted during the show.
Still, I could have cloned myself three times and still been busy. There was a lot of new product to look over, a lot of people to meet with, and a lot of ground to cover. The number of vendors exhibiting at Macworld Expo went from 275 in 2005 to 350 in 2006. I admit, a lot of those new vendors were iPod accessory makers, but there were a lot of companies offering new objects of desire to Macintosh pros and consumers alike as well -- everything from enterprise backup solutions to new pro video hardware, unusual gadgets and more.
Regardless, I'm happy to be back home. I don't always travel well, so I'm always happy to get back to my own bed.