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 currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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