Macworld - Day 4

Well, I must say this is a day that I'm glad to see come to an end. As I type this last blog entry I'm on the flight home and due to land in about 30 minutes. Assuming you're reading this, it means I made it home save and sound and was able to post. The day started out with news that our flight home had been cancelled. Apparently there was fairly bad snow in Atlanta and as a result our flight and about 1000 other Delta flights were cancelled. I was supposed to catch my connection home through Atlanta, so that was a no-go. After 45 minutes on hold with Delta I was finally told the best they could do was to put me on a 3-stop flight that would eventually get me home around 9am on Sunday, assuming the Atlanta airport was open the following morning. Great...just great. The Delta representative on the phone did tell me that although my re-booked flight didn't leave San Francisco for another 10 hours, I could possibly do better if I went to the airport and tried to get on another flight from there. So the decision, go to the airport, give up my room, and risk being stuck there for 10 hours until our re-scheduled flight take off with the possibility of getting out sooner, or stay another day in San Francisco and fly all around the country throughout the night and hopefully make it home the next morning.

Well, I went straight to the airport and luckily my gamble paid of. The Delta agent at the airport was extremely helpful, and within just a few minutes had me booked on a US Air flight with one connection that left in 2 hours and would have me home within 10 minutes of my original scheduled arrival time. Perfect. So, here I am, on the last leg of my flight, and hopefully will be home warm in my own bed within the next hour or so.

All in all it's been a great trip. I had a chance to meet some of my podcasting friends, see the sights of Macworld, and get introduced to some really great products. I'm going to be going through all the audio I recorded from the show floor in the next few days and hope to have that posted to the feed over the coming weeks. In the short term, stay tuned as I'll be making a special guest appearance on the Typical Mac User Live Podcast this Sunday where Victor and I will gab about our first Macworld experience. It should be a lot of fun, especially considering Victor and I know have had an opportunity to meet in person and get to know each other a bit more.