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A Macworld to Remember
by Ken Gruberman
I've been attending the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, off and on, since 1989...
but the January 2000 edition had some real surprises in store for both of us. Daphne
attended a few Macworld's with me since we got married in 1991, but usually as just
an observer or a traveling companion: the lure of Nordstrom's flagship store could
usually overpower Moscone's on any given day. Not this time.
__ This time, Daphne was involved in Macworld doings
as much as I. She had taken the initiative and authored a grant proposal for two
schools under the User Group Academy Grant Proposal program. $25,000 in grant money
was available to any user group with nerve enough to jump through the many hoops
placed in their way by the (normally) complicated grants process. The groups whose
grant programs were deemed worthy - and their applications correctly filled out -
would receive the money at the Macworld User Group Breakfast. In addition, awards
for both the Newsletter and Web Site competitions would also be handed out at this
event, followed directly by the now-legendary Steve Jobs Keynote address.
__ I had never been to any of the Apple User Group Breakfast's
over the years, nor attended any Jobs keynote. Standing in line at 6 a.m. on a cold
San Francisco morning never appealed to my sense of sloth, so I missed them year
after year. I soon learned why so many user group members from around the country
tried as hard as they could to get into the User Group Breakfast at the Marriott:
all attendees received "VIP" passes to the Steve Jobs keynote without having
to wait in line!
Next: Croissants, OJ and the Woz
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