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Macworld Expo 2008

Julie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:05:00 +0000

Every year right after the holidays, it’s time for two trade shows that most gadgeteers look forward to either attending or reading about. These are The Consumer Electronics Show and Macworld. I’ve attended CES many times in the past, but this year I wanted to do something different… So, I decided to attend my very first Macworld in San Francisco, California. It’s about time, considering that I made the hop to OS X over two years ago.

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Macworld Expo 2008 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 22, 2008 at 10:05 pm.

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 3)

Julie — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:00:00 +0000

Tuesday

My 750v is really getting on my nerves. If you remember (and read yesterday’s report…), I’ve been having a few issues with it this trip. Well this morning the alarm I had set to wake me at 7am didn’t go off. [ I thought Microsoft fixed the problem with alarms not firing. If I can't count on a smartphone to help me keep the appointments that I set, then I really don't want to be using that particular smartphone. So, I think I'll be looking elsewhere soon. iPhone maybe? ;o) I need something sooner than 6 months out though.

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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 3) originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 10, 2007 at 8:00 am.

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 2)

Julie — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:00:00 +0000

Monday

Before we get into the report for the day, I wanted to answer a question about the gear I brought with me on the trip. I am a light packer. Probably too light. I almost always find myself wishing I had remembered to bring along X or Y.

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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 2) originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 9, 2007 at 8:00 am.

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 1)

Julie — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:00:00 +0000

No sooner has the wrapping paper from Santa’s presents to all good little gadgeteer boys and girls been shredded, that a new slew of goodies is unveiled for them to drool over. That’s right, it’s time for the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. I made the trip out to the mecca of all things gadgety and will be bringing you all the yummy details as the show unfolds.

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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 1) originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 8, 2007 at 8:00 am.

Mobius Boston 2006 Trip Report

Julie — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:58:00 +0000

Updated with Day 2
This year, Microsoft changed things up and decided to hold two Mobius events back to back. The first one was held in Thailand, and the second one here in the US. Typically, the events here in the US have always been held in Seattle, WA., near Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters. But this year they opted for Boston, MA. Lucky for me, I was invited to the Boston event. This meant a short 2hr flight, instead of 4-5 hours to Seattle.

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Mobius Boston 2006 Trip Report originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 2, 2006 at 5:58 pm.

Mobius 2005 Trip Report

Julie — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:56:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in Black, Judie’s are in Blue and italicized.

Mobius 2005 was held at the
Edgewater Inn in Seattle, Washington this year, and other than a jaunt to race go-karts
at Champs on the second evening, we were predominantly on the 3rd floor of the hotel most of the time.
The first night kicked … [visit site to read more]

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Mobius 2005 Trip Report originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 12, 2005 at 3:56 pm.

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2005 Article Day 3

Julie — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:00:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in Black, Judie’s are
in Blue and italicized.

Read Part 1
here
and Part 2 here.

Friday

Julie and I overslept! I could swear that the alarm
clock was set correctly, but it’s possible that neither of us even … [visit site to read more]

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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2005 Article Day 3 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 13, 2005 at 12:00 am.

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2005 Article Day 2

Julie — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:00:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in Black, Judie’s are
in Blue and italicized.

Read Part 1
here
and Part 3 here.

Thursday

We started the day with a rib sticking Luxor buffet breakfast. We had to gear
up for a full day of walking didn’t we? Actually their buffet was … [visit site to read more]

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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2005 Article Day 2 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 12, 2005 at 12:00 am.

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2005 Article Day 1

Julie — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:00:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in Black, Judie’s are
in Blue and italicized.

When most people are still trying to recover from holiday season festivities,
the first week of January is the time to take a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to
check out the Mecca for all gadgeteer’s: the
Consumer Electronics Show (CES). This show
which began in 1967, is the show in which many new products were first … [visit site to read more]

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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2005 Article Day 1 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 11, 2005 at 12:00 am.

CES 2004 Trip Report Article

Julie — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 06:00:00 +0000

Judie’s comments are in Black, Julie’s are
in Blue and italicized.

After such a lame tradeshow experience at
TECHXNY / PC Expo,
Julie and I were really looking forward to returning to the
Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
in Las Vegas. The last time we attended, in
2002, we were both … [visit site to read more]

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CES 2004 Trip Report Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 16, 2004 at 12:00 am.

Mobius 2003 Trip Report Article

Julie — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 05:00:00 +0000
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Mobius 2003 Trip Report Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 13, 2003 at 12:00 am.

TECHXNY / PC Expo with the Gadgeteers – Wednesday & Thursday

Julie — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in BLACK and Judie’s are
in BLUE and italicized

Wednesday

Blue skies, bright sun and mild temperatures greeted us as we began a full
day of New York city sight seeing. We started out among throngs of people,
walking along Times Square. As a person from a small town (Population
35,000-ish), the sheer number of pedestrians never ceased to amaze me. People
watching alone, would make for an interesting … [visit site to read more]

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TECHXNY / PC Expo with the Gadgeteers – Wednesday & Thursday originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 22, 2003 at 12:00 am.

TECHXNY / PC Expo with the Gadgeteers – Tuesday

Julie — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in BLACK and Judie’s are
in BLUE and italicized

Tuesday

Since the TECHXNY exhibits weren’t going to open till 10am, we weren’t going
to break our necks getting up at an insane hour on our 2nd day in New York (not
to mention the fact that we were up past 2am the night before writing the first
installment of this trip report). So around 9:30, we headed downstairs for
Judie’s standard Starbuck’s … [visit site to read more]

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TECHXNY / PC Expo with the Gadgeteers – Tuesday originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 16, 2003 at 12:00 am.

TECHXNY / PC Expo with the Gadgeteers – Monday

Julie — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in BLACK and Judie’s are
in BLUE and italicized

Last year, Julie and I thought about going to
TECHXNY / PC Expo, but we waited until the last minute then said, "Nah.".
While the week long convention was happening and for some time after it was
over, Julie and I were moaning about how we had missed out.

So this year, we booked our plane tickets six months … [visit site to read more]

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TECHXNY / PC Expo with the Gadgeteers – Monday originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 15, 2003 at 12:00 am.

Spring Break Trip to Scotland with the Gadgeteers Article

Julie — Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:00:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in BLACK and Judie’s are
in BLUE and italicized

A word of warning…this article is long and
has lots of pictures. It is not very gadget related – but it does
describe a good time. We hope you enjoy our trip. ☺

Friday / Saturday
Julie: We left Columbus, Indiana and drove to the Indianapolis International … [visit site to read more]

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Spring Break Trip to Scotland with the Gadgeteers Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 24, 2003 at 12:00 am.

What’s Coming With Julie on Spring Break Article

Julie — Wed, 05 Mar 2003 06:00:00 +0000

A Spring Break vacation to Scotland! Wow! I knew I’d eventually visit Europe,
but I didn’t know it would happen this soon. With less than 48hrs before my
plane takes off from Indianapolis International Airport to meet up with Judie
and her family in Dallas (yeah, yeah, I know I’m going in the opposite direction
that I need to be going…) I’m getting antsy that I might forget to pack
something important. Actually, I haven’t even started packing yet! Can you say … [visit site to read more]

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What’s Coming With Julie on Spring Break Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 5, 2003 at 12:00 am.

What’s Coming With Judie on Spring Break Article

Judie Lipsett — Thu, 27 Feb 2003 06:00:00 +0000

By now, most of you have heard that Julie’s and my families are going to
Scotland for Spring Break. While Julie and I intend to do a full write-up on our
experiences after we get back, I thought it would be fun to let you all in on
what I plan on bringing, before I actually get packed.

The biggest consideration I am making in regard to the gear I chose to bring,
is that it has to be versatile and multifunctional. I am packing as light as
possible, and I don’t want to bring … [visit site to read more]

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What’s Coming With Judie on Spring Break Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 27, 2003 at 12:00 am.

Fall COMDEX 2002 Trip Report Article

Julie — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 06:00:00 +0000

Julie’s comments are in BLACK, Judie’s are in
BLUE and italicized.

Sunday

The last time Judie and I attended COMDEX was the
Spring 2001
show in Chicago. Having never been to a Fall COMDEX, which is supposed to be a
huge show compared to the Spring event, I was very excited!

I was too! What with all … [visit site to read more]

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Fall COMDEX 2002 Trip Report Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 22, 2002 at 12:00 am.

Mobius 2002 Article

Judie Lipsett — Thu, 24 Oct 2002 05:00:00 +0000

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As many of you will recall, last year Julie and I were invited
to attend "mobius2001-article.html">Mobius, a Microsoft
sponsored event, held in Washington state. This year, Julie was on
vacation in Sedona during the event so I made plans to attend by
myself.

Last year, there were several attendees that brought their
spouses. With that in mind, I figured it would be fun to … [visit site to read more]

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Mobius 2002 Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 24, 2002 at 12:00 am.

On Vacation With The Gadgeteer Article

Julie — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 05:00:00 +0000

Can you believe that I hadn’t been on a REAL vacation in over 6 years?! Sure,
I’ve gone on several training trips for my day
job, and computer trade shows for The
Gadgeteer this year, but I’m talking about a real honest to goodness kind of
vacation. The type of vacation where you purposefully distance yourself from
work, or at least try to. Let’s just say that after 6yrs, I was in dire need of
a break!

I … [visit site to read more]

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On Vacation With The Gadgeteer Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 14, 2002 at 12:00 am.

CES 2002 Trip Report Article

Julie — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:00:00 +0000

Julie’s Thoughts
Judie’s Thoughts

I’ve always associated Las Vegas with glamour, outrageous looking hotels,
glitz, Wayne Newton, slot-machine chimes, and all-you-can-eat buffets! But now, I’ll forever
think of the Consumer Electronics Show when someone mentions what has long been
known as ‘Sin City’.

Regarding the part about the … [visit site to read more]

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CES 2002 Trip Report Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 17, 2002 at 12:00 am.

Mobius 2001 Trip Report

Julie — Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:14:00 +0000

What do you get when you gather 55 rabid tech news reporters, webmasters, geeks,
reviewers and general "all around mobile technology freaks" together at one
location to learn about the latest version of Pocket PC Software? You get
a PARTY! But the real name of this Microsoft hosted gathering was Möbius
2001.

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Some of you may recall last year’s Microsoft event
that I attended: … [visit site to read more]

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Mobius 2001 Trip Report originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 13, 2001 at 5:14 pm.

MS Mobility Tour & PPC FanFest Article

Judie Lipsett — Mon, 04 Jun 2001 05:00:00 +0000

Updated 06/04/01 – new remarks are in RED

When was the first time that you heard that there were Microsoft FanFests
happening in different areas across the country? I remember hearing something
about it late last year, and thinking of how much I would love to go to
something like that! But it seemed like they were only happening in places like
New York City…

When I heard rumors of a visit site to read more]

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MS Mobility Tour & PPC FanFest Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 4, 2001 at 12:00 am.

Spring COMDEX (Chicago) 2001 Trip Report Article

Julie — Thu, 05 Apr 2001 05:00:00 +0000

Julie’s Thoughts Judie’s Thoughts

I skipped Spring COMDEX 2000 for various reasons, but decided to attend this
year’s conference to see if any new gadgets or gizmos would be announced. I
invited Judie to attend with me so I could finally meet her in person and so … [visit site to read more]

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Spring COMDEX (Chicago) 2001 Trip Report Article originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 5, 2001 at 12:00 am.

Pocket PC Wireless and Beyond (Sept 15 2000)

Julie — Tue, 19 Sep 2000 05:00:00 +0000

The following report is not a detailed report on the hardware/software discussed and used during this conference. If you want my opinions on the current crop of Pocket PCs, please read my recent reviews… Instead, this report is a look at the overall experience of the trip and the people I met.

Last week I was privileged enough to attend the Pocket PC Wireless and Beyond conference at Microsoft located in Redmond, Washington. Several weeks ago, Microsoft
sent invitations … [visit site to read more]

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Pocket PC Wireless and Beyond (Sept 15 2000) originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 19, 2000 at 12:00 am.