I have but few gripes about Seybold, but the fact that this is supposed to be a publishing and Internet conference, there was a pathetic showing on the connectivity end of things!

1. Where the hell was the Wi-Fi? Someone said that it was there, but it was not advertised. Not that we can have it on our laptops anyway (security Nazis in there you know) but hell, there are a lot of other more liberal orgs. that let their employees on. Felt sorry for those wired souls.

2. Dropping Internet access in the speakers room. On top of an already pathetic connection, (my DSL in Dyckesville, WI is faster), it was unreliable. Come on people, this is not hard stuff.

3. Usability of the Seybold Program Guide. With all of the brains at Seybold, you'd have thought they'd have consulted with one of their usability friends on the design of the 150 page program guide. Yes, it was hard to navigate, but my biggest pet peeve was that there were no room numbers listed next to the session descriptions. I had to use the other "conference at a glance" palm sized guide to find my way around. Just annoying...

4. Lunch being held in the Pavillion from Tuesday on. Not only did I have to wade through a crapload of vendors, the system was not anywhere near as efficient as Monday's system. I was not about to wait in line for 30 minutes for my free lunch. I went across the street & had a muffin. Why didn't they hold it on the 2nd floor??? It was vacant!!!

OK. Enough bitching.