I was on the plane yesterday - it was extremely early, I left my home at 5 am - thinking over why I have not blogged here lately. Each day a thought pops in my head and I say to myself “I should blog about that!” But then I turn my attention back to either work or my kids. Fact is that these thought usually happen while I am in the car, in the shower, alone…and the rest of the time that I am actually in front of a computer is really spent on the thousands of things to do at work or other things vying for my attention at home - including fantasy football and keeping my family informed on our family happenings. I realize it is all about choices right now and my Marketer Jen blog is not getting the choice right now.
But here I am today. Sitting in the Hilton LA/Universal City. I’m waiting on my breakfast before I go and pick up Marketer DM (sort of like DJ AM, but without the J & A) from LAX and then we are driving in my rental PT Cruiser to the LA convention center for booth setup. I have not been to a Microsoft conference in 18 months - Tech Ed 2007 was June in Orlando and I was 5 months pregnant.
I am essentially here to help talk to customers about Dummies and Wrox - more Wrox but DM tells me that my past history of working on Wrox books makes me useful at these shows. Dandy! I am also excited (do you really get excited over tech…?) to sit in on the keynotes to get more information on the upcoming next versions of Office and Windows…a topic that really does make me happy as these books make up the majority of my editors’ programs. I’m really not much of a Mac girl and I don’t make any of this a secret. I proudly run Vista and Office 2007 on my home laptops without issue, listen to my Zune with happiness that I didn’t spend loads on an iPod, and continue to play Zumba, Guitar Hero and whatever I can find that interests me on our Xbox 360.
So today I am wearing my Guitar Hero t-shirt and will walk proudly in the footsteps of a Microsoft supporter.
Until I find time….
