My gracious host, and dear friend, Irene let me sleep in this morning. Once up, I chauffeured her around for several errands as she is experiencing pain that is restricting a lot of her body movement—not exactly a convenience on the day of her party. Among the places we stopped were: A party store, in … Read more
I was up an hour-and-a-half before my alarm today, and with much to do, I made myself get up. Myra and I had an hour-long meeting with the ITD web folks in the Hillsborough Building, where we talked about our requirements with them, while they shared their services with us. It was a pretty good … Read more
I woke up at 6:15 to the blaring noise—of part static, part radio station—spewing forth from the clock-radio at full volume. After ironing a shirt, but then not wearing it, I met our group (minus Kathy), and we walked over to a local coffee shop for breakfast. My first thought was that the place was being run … Read more
I met Myra, Kathy, and Holly at Clark Hall at 7:00, and George drove up with the BAV (big-ass van) at about 7:10. We stopped at the Harrison Avenue exit and picked up Patti in the shopping area where Sam’s Club is. We arrived at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center at … Read more
We drove down to Wrightsville Beach today only to be totally frustrated with the parking situation there. After faring the traffic to get over the bridge, driving all the way to the end of the beach, and “perching” for 5 or 10 minutes to see if anyone was going to come out to their car … Read more
Joe and I left Raleigh at about 10:30, and all along I-40 East to the beach, we saw these “drones”: as described in this story. We arrived at the Quality Inn between 12:30 and 1:00, where we were greeted by our friend “Kea” and given the only room that was already cleaned for check-in, as the … Read more
I got up at 7:00, and I walked over to the convention center in search for “official word” that our student chapter did indeed get recognized as a Community of Distinction last night. Eventually, I caught up with Lisa Pappas, who was the one who went up to receive our award since she’s an alumnus … Read more
By this morning, all of my GLBT OUTing info stubs were gone except one. Gluing Their Eyes to Your Screen (IDI 6J) Tuesday 10:30-12:00 NOON (Room: 101GH) Format: Presentation Skill Level: All It has been ten years since the publication of “Dynamics in Document Design: Creating Texts for Readers”-a landmark book in our field. How has information design changed over … Read more
I was up at 7:00, and after a quick SSS, and I was walking to Panera’s by 7:32. While there, I had a bagel and some apple juice, updated the STC newsletter with two corrections from Sarah, and then walked to the convention center for the 8:30–10:00 Keynote General Session. Before entering the ballroom, I … Read more
I woke up 10 minutes before my alarm, which was set for 6:00, went off. I got up. After checking the five-day forecast for Minneapolis, I packed, and then called Joe at 7:15 to make sure he was up and would be at my house by 7:45. He was. He did. After he dropped me … Read more