Macworld - Day 2

Well, after day two at Macworld I think I've decided I'm going to give up on my career and become a full time Mac junkie. Does anyone happen to have a spare $60k laying around so I can pay off my student loans? :)

Seriously, I had a great day on the show floor today. I took about a dozen or so audio interviews from the show floor with my Zoom H4. I haven't had a chance to listen back to any of them yet so I'm hopeful they turned out. I'll be editing for quite a while and will try to post some of that audio out in the coming weeks. It was great to actually put names with faces and see some of the great products offered by Mac developers that I didn't even know existed. One note for today, there will be no more photos posted to flickr. I took so many photos today and the hotel wireless just isn't reliable or fast enough to get the photos posted. But rest assured, once I'm home and back on my reliable broadband I'll have a chance to edit and post.

A few follow-up notes on the Apple products I thought would be of interest. As to the MacBook Air, I am now getting conflicting information from the Apple employees on the show floor. Two Apple reps told me that the MacBook Air would boot from a CD that was in another computer's optical drive using their Remote Disc software, one told me it would not, and several others stated they didn't know. So looks like we're going to have to wait a bit and see on that one. Also, I'm not getting conflicting information about the Apple TV Rentals and whether or not they can be rented on the Apple TV and then moved to a computer or iPod. Two Apple reps told me that if it was rented on the Apple TV it stayed on the Apple TV and if it was rented on the computer it could not be transferred to the Apple TV. Several people have questioned this and indicated that Steve indicated the exact opposite in his Keynote demo. I watched the keynote and it was my impression too that the rentals could be transferred freely, but I'll have to go back and see for sure.

Far and away, the best part of the day was having the chance to meet in a more personable atmosphere some of my favorite Mac Podcasters. Allison from the Nosillacast showed up today and we really hit it off. I'm going to have to see about having her on the show more often. I also had lunch with Allison, Victor, David, and Don and what struck me as so odd was it was as though we had known each other for years. Kindred spirits I guess. Of course tonight we had Adam' Podcaster Meet-up and the Mac Mingle party which was great. The panel was quite interesting and as a relatively novice podcaster I felt I learned quite a bit from their conversation. I have a lot of ideas that I want to try to implement now based on their thoughts and suggestions. I'm sure the audio will be available in a few days in the MacCast feed. One great treat for me is I got to meet Tom and Veronica from Buzz Out Loud, one of my favorite shows. I also talked to Scott Bourne and Liana Lehua from the Apple Phone Show and Girls Gone Geek. One of the most pleasant surprises of the day was learning that many of these podcasters that I so admire actually listen to my show, truly an honor.

I'm having such a great time here at Macworld that I don't want to leave, but alas all good things must come to an end. Tomorrow (Friday) is my last day in San Francisco and I'm going to take the time to skip the show and instead to a little sight seeing around the city. I've never been to San Francisco before so figure a little tourist fun is in order.