Travel woes
Friday afternoon, heading into a 2:30 meeting in Manhattan, my cell phone rang. “This is American, your flight’s been cancelled.” I had assumed this would happen, the weather in NYC on Friday was a mess: strong winds, driving sleet and snow, overall just ugly conditions. “OK, what do you have that’s later?” “Sunday, 9pm.”
Wow. (And […]
Back from Prague
We had an absolutely wonderful trip. The city is beautiful, very walkable, and it was a nice way to spend a few days. (Hard to believe it was just 4 days.)
I was there to give a presentation to TerraLex, the second largest network of law firms in the world. The idea behind TerraLex is that […]
Airport security
I was on a redeye Wednesday night, which means that yesterday’s threat change by the TSA happened while I was in the air. The last time our nation’s air travel was so significantly affected was 9/11/01, when I was also in the air. It’s enough to make you a bit edgy.
Like my experience on 9/11, […]
Prague
Recently, I was asked to present at an annual meeting of an international association of law firms. They want me to talk about weblogs, podcasting and the like. (I have a hunch I’ll find something to say on the subject.)
The meeting is in mid-September in Prague, and I’ve never been. When I lived in Dijon, […]
Metra update
I’m glad I was planning on working from home today. Yesterday’s snafu involving a white acidic powder that dropped on more than 26 miles of track proved quite difficult to clean up, and due to union protections against crews working too many hours in a row, this morning’s routes were all affected (some by a […]
Me and trains, not all that friendly
My latest snakes on a train situation.
Unreal.
Hotwire.com is a must for business travel
One of the things that becomes second-nature when working for startups is an aversion to spending unnecessary cash. If you’ve ever been part of the company-wide conference call about whether or not you’re going to make payroll, you get a newfound respect for the value of saving every dollar that you just don’t have when […]
SeatGuru - required for road warriors
Not that it’ll come as a surprise to anyone reading this blog, but yeah, I’m a geek. How much of a geek? I’m glad you asked.
I’m flying to Los Angeles tonight and after getting upgraded to business class on the 747 we’re flying, I wasn’t sure whether the auto-assigned seat was a good one. (Granted, […]
Philadelphia departures
Click for larger size. Joy.
(For anyone who cares, I actually managed to get on a train to DC, and will get there sometime around 3. Thank God for this Verizon card, or else the entire day would have been a waste. I’m actually getting work done…)
Amtrak update - 11:08am
Arriving into Philadelphia: “Noone has said we’re not going to New York, so the assumption is that we are.”
Um, right. I’m getting off, having lunch with my Mom, then heading back to DC. I’ve already missed half my meetings, and would miss a third before I actually arrived in NYC.
