Two weeks ago, I embarked on the first leg of my 2011 world tour, which took me to sunny Southern California. If you don’t mind, a few quick hits from the trip:
- I love my iPad. On the plane I watched a two-hour movie and the battery went from 100% to 85% — that’s incredible.
- And for what it’s worth, I love that a single device can offer me video, audio, books, and games while I’m shoved into an airplane seat.
- Gale force winds at DFW airport meant that my flight was delayed 50 minutes. Then it meant that the takeoff was the roughest I’d ever experienced.
- Being an avid fan of Lost has changed how I process turbulence on an airplane.
- I love my large Timbuk2 messenger bag. For me, it’s the perfect travel bag.
- The Holiday Inn in La Mirada offers free wifi, and the speed and signal strength were excellent. It’s the little things …
- Speaking of which, wouldn’t it be cool if every hotel room featured a built-in iPhone charger?
- There’s no such thing as a decent TV in a hotel room — it’s either brand new or 15 years old.
- Either way, the remote is going to be terrible and the channel lineup will be baffling.
- I believe hotel housekeeping should be required to turn off the alarm clock when they turnover a room. I came to this conclusion at 4am Pacific Time.
- I’ve lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex my entire life, so I’m always struck by places that have trees. With leaves on them. Not to mention hills and mountains — they blow me away every time because D/FW is about as flat as flat can be. Southern California is the best.
- It only takes one evening of wandering around the uninviting parking garages at DFW airport to make one aware of the importance of documenting the location of one’s car. I learned this lesson a few years ago, and let me tell you — no matter how hard you scour the massive garage at Terminal C, you will not find your car if it’s parked at Terminal A. I promise.
Well, that’s it for me. Thanks for bearing with me on the first installment of Cavalcade of Bullet Points!
are you a former microsoft employee?
How dare you imply that?!? Actually, I wish I were a former Microsoft employee (one with stock options).
all the former dudes that i’ve worked with from msoft are always asking me to “send me an email with bullet points” …i’m convinced the world would be a better place with bullet points…
Haha. That makes sense.
Bullet points are great … except when the situation calls for a story.