Of the people I know, I’m a real geek. Not a hard core, “I live in bash and love the command line” type, like the boys in IT, but I can hold my own in the shell. The other thing is that I’m an Apple fanboy. Again, not the type that has a widget telling them when they can part with their cold hard cash for an iPhone, but I do love the Apple.
The sad thing about this geek is that I don’t have the job or the budget to support me going out to any tech conferences like the Consumer Electronics Show or MacWorld. I am one of the many who gets to drool over the coverages via the web and rabidly hitting the refresh button so I can brag to my coworkers about products that they really don’t care about.
That being said, tomorrow is my MacWorld.
Apple is coming to campus to show off their wares and some of the wonderful new technology. Obviously not the iPhone but their is the promise of some Leopard sneak peeks.
I plan on blogging most of the event, taking some pictures and maybe even doing a little podcast/vidcast stuff.
In a related note, after beginning to talk with my supervisor about professional development objectives for this year, I looked into becoming an Adobe Certified Expert, so that’s what is in the budget. After I looked at Adobe, I started thinking about other companies that I deal with every day. The only other one would be Apple, both at work and home. Apple had a certified technician program that I think I’m going to not just research, but doing. It’s only 150 dollars for the test, with a three day course, which I’m sure is more expensive, but that is something I’m going to do this year.
Tomorrow is my Macworld – hooray!