TheBigPixel

SIGGRAPH 2004 - Day 0

LA is the same as I remember it - hot and crowded. Like Texas but with no space.

Registration was just like last time I was here, except this time they seemed to want to play games with the attendees There was a big sign off the left that said in summary "Please Register Here" but two people were placed on both sides to explain to us that this was not the queue we were looking for. You still get a metric ton of proceedings and assorted insert fluff. If they wanted to do something useful they should get NVidia and ATI to sponsor sticking green and red condoms in the bags.

Another interesting thing was the iPod looking posters at the info booth. Will Apple try and send a C&D to ACM?

Later on that evening I got a personal tour of Hollywood by Michael Pusateri and got to eat at the LA hamburger experience - In n Out burgers. Thanks Michael!

All in all, a most enjoyable zeroth day.

No more teachers, no more books......

Thats how I feel, leaving for SIGGRAPH.

I will not be working on a secure realtime data website for my paying gig or a Windows client for my favorite place to discover cool things - del.icio.us, nor will I be working on the asset management for these guys.

I will be getting up early, going parties and getting to bed late, going to papers and session that have math that is at the outer edges of what I can grasp, I will be walking up and down the length of the LA convention center in this monstrosity and I might be meeting people from #joiito.

In other words, I will be having fun. Next stop, LA.