Macworld | iWorld 2012: Day One

Here’s what I’ve learned in the first day of my time at Macworld | iWorld:

  • San Francisco is, not surprisingly, an awesome city.
  • The Neat Company is going to do what they can to conquer the digital realm as they seem to have done with the paper realm. I may have to bid adieu to Paperless if what I saw today holds true.
  • Randy Murray was right. There are a lot of iPhone cases being peddled here. Too much of a lot.
  • I have met some more of the folks I follow online in person and that’s the main reason I came here. Getting to meet Ben Brooks, Shawn Blanc, Matthew Panzarino, Stephen Hackett, Pat Dryburgh and countless others so far (with more to come, I’m sure) has been pretty amazing.
  • Brett Kelly is one of the raddest people I know.
  • I cannot believe how much I miss my family.
  • PDFPen for iPad looks awesome.
  • The Omni Group is going to make more waves in the year ahead. And Ken Case is a super-nice guy.
  • David Sparks: Also a super-nice guy.
  • I sure am glad I’ve decided to focus on quality over quantity in my writing, because it’s been said I was more frequent than funny when I played a character on the Internet.1

I’m a little over a day in to my first ever Macworld | iWorld experience, so there’ll be more to learn and more to be said here later on.

Maybe even tomorrow.

1 He’ll be back by the way. Less frequently and more eventually. Which should see both improved productivity (ironically) and improved funny.

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