The Weekly Commuter

Macworld is over. Boo-hoo-hoo-dee-doo.

I went. I walked around. This is what it looked like:

I stayed for an hour and thirty-five minutes, and when I at last emerged from Moscone Center South I had this sneaky sense that I should get more into, you know, technology. There’s a whole other world out there, man.

The most accessible “booth” I encountered during my travels had to have been the Best Buy station. Not only were helpful staff on hand to answer all of my pressing questions, of which I had none, but the highlight of the presentation centered on two DJs, VJ Culture and David Starfire (cool name, that).

These guys were spinning like we were in Dallas all over again! Sadly, the several patrons who had gathered to watch–with the exception of one slightly head-bopping gentleman in a polo shirt that wasn‘t dark blue–did not share in the button-musicians’ enthusiasm for the sights and sounds on display. But the presenters tried, you gotta hand ‘em that on a plate.

The Best Buy show was actually, I’m pretty sure, a demonstration of some kind of new technology that I had not the patience to hang around and discover. I kept moving. Found out the iTrip my girlfriend and I got for Christmas is already obsolete: there’s a new gadget that will play your iPod in the car without any static while charging it! The device is brought to you by a company called Kensington and I was told all I had to do was go to the iLounge (I assume this is an online spot, but I could be wrong) to find out the nitty-gritty.

Other than that, I can’t say much else gave me pause at this year’s Macworld. If there’s something you think I missed, do let me know.