I’m heading up to Jacksonville with my girlfriend to finish up Christmas shopping and every year, as an adult, Christmas has been a blur. Most people get tons of gifts and sometimes a few Apple goodies, they spend time with family and friends then prepare for the new year celebrations. What about me? Well, I’m looking forward to Macworld which I consider to be my Christmas celebration.
Macworld will be time spent with some of my closest friends, I’ll have time off of work since it’s also my only vacation of the year and I always stash a little bit of cash just in case Apple releases something completely breathtaking. Even my family recognizes the importance of Macworld because they’ve given up on giving gifts to me and will just give me cash knowing that I’ll buy the next big thing when it’s released in January.
On Christmas day, we’ll be only 20 days away from Macworld. Of course, that’ll be 18 days for me since I’ll be arriving in SF on the 13th (Sunday). Plans for Macworld are really coming together! You’d think after 6 years of attending, planning my trip would be a science for me but there’s so much preparation that I begin planning in early September and the daily activities required to get things planned gets to be more and more work. As of this week, I’m now working 4 hours a day on MWSF. Between emails, blogging, phone calls, sponsorships and coverage I’m extremely busy. No matter how crazy things get, I’ll always have time to answer your questions and try to make Macworld a better experience for everyone.
I have a few comments for everyone. First of all, those that have taken the time to comment on entries and send me personal emails just saying “thanks” I do thank you for the support! I’m doing this for you all and not for my own gain. Macworld is my favorite week of the year and it’s the Mac community that keeps me going back year after year. I could do without the Steve Jobs keynote but can’t go a year without hosting my SF city tour or DailyTechTalk Party. To those that are publicly and privately saying very negative things about me; just stop it. I’m not going to call anyone out directly but the reason I started blogging is because of individuals that make their living selling books and services to the Mac community and then immediately turn around and call everyone “fanboys” or start trouble for no reason. I’m tired of seeing this crap on public forums and mailing lists.
The only reason I began blogging and the only reason I host these Macworld events is for the Macintosh community. The Mac users of the 90s understand the importance of user groups and how Macworld Expo helped Apple and its stock stay alive in the dark times. The appearance of success in the form of user group monthly meetings and twice a year Macworld conferences helped Apple’s image with sheer consumer loyalty. Apple has no problem with their company profile or selling Macs in 2007 but as the Macintosh market share grows, there’s an opportunity for us to show the new Macheads our fantastic community and show the true benefit of being a Mac user.
Without Macworld Expo and events like mine, new Mac users wouldn’t see how much fun being a Mac user can be! After answering hundreds of emails from new Mac users, I can say that they have heard about Macworld and know that it’s cool but that’s it and there’s no easy way to get all of the Macworld Expo information on one site. Nothing against Macworldexpo.com, but their site doesn’t cover parties, meetups and how to get around San Francisco and they certainly won’t tell you where to get the live Keynote coverage and other fine details of San Francisco. I’ve dedicated myself since 2004 to helping each and every Macworld attendee have the time of their life and do it easy and cheap. Thanks for reading and happy holidays to all of our readers and Macworld attendees.
