This morning I got to DIA, walked up to a self-check in machine, checked in, immediately got someone to take my bag, walked to security, found only five people in front of me, got my ID verified, got to the magnetometer with only one person in front of me, unpacked my laptop and took off my shoes and immediately walked through security, packed up, put on my shoes, went down to the train as it was arriving, took the ride and walked directly to my gate. Whole process, less than ten minutes. Once on the plane I was moved to an economy plus seat with enough room for me to get 1.5 hours worth of work done on my laptop. Top that off with the fact the the guy in front of me never reclined his seat. Now at the hotel I got an upgrade to a suite. This experience makes me wonder what’s going to go horribly wrong on this trip…
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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