Just some random observations, reports, etc. from day one:
- Freeze-dried astronaut food strawberries are yucky. No, I wasn't the one who bought them!
- Austin airport is nice (much nicer than Houston), and MUCH larger than I expected.
- What is with the emergency vehicles? We stopped for three in the 7-mile trip from airport to hotel, and that wasn't the last of them.
- Speaking of driving, in the ten or so miles I've driven, I haven't encountered one scary/rude/aggressive driver. The pedicabs, however, are a bit of a pain to navigate around.
- It's just a bit below my comfort level to go without a jacket temperature-wise, but I love it.
- We had dinner at Ironworks BBQ. Contrary to what we had been told about Austin-style barbecue, there was sauce available. It was fairly cheap and quite good, with a great atmosphere
- The Macs:PCs ratio around the convention hall made me smile. Lots of iPhones too, making it harder to control the iPhone lust.
- Registration took so long that the only session we got to was Battledecks: watch your favorite speakers craft an off-the-cuff presentation using slides they've never seen before. . . judges will score the participants based on their use of jargon, gesturing and credibility. Some were more better others, but they all had some hilarious slides to work with (pics coming soon!). A library science version of the game could be highly entertaining, perhaps with slides inspired by Library 2.0 Idea Generator? Six Apart's Anil Dash stole the show. To start off, he left the room and made the audience welcome him back with a cheering ovation. Great tactic.
- I got a ticket to see Goliath in the film festival part of the conference with my colleagues who have film passes. I don't think I'd have enjoyed it as much without the audience, and I'm still figuring out what I thought of it. Is it merely trying to demonstrate the effect pets have on our lives? Is it also saying something about our society and the convenience of scapegoating sex offenders now that it's so easy to find out where they live? Some scenes dragged on far too long--this is the filmmakers' first feature-length project--but the ending seemed to work.
- First full day is tomorrow. Can't wait to meet the other librarians who are here at the LIS lunch!
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