Archive of the '2010 All Things IEEE' Category

It’s time to take a break. Time to visit with friends Time to talk about what was an attention getter. Time to reflect about what is next. But most of all time to relax a little! Sure the next challenge is just around the corner. PES is moving on to 2012 and the next T&D Expo. The Organizing Committee has been busy on that while we were still planning to go to New Orleans. But right now, Karen is going to get some time with Tommy. They have time to visit with old friends like Rick Bush Editorial Director of T&D World magazine. It is the quiet before the storm, but it is also a time to enjoy friends and visit.

The curtain came down in New Orleans with a parade and a party - of course. It is a party town. PES, Tommy, and the Organizing Committee have wrapped up another successful T&D Expo! NOLA was fantastic both as a host city and a T&D Expo. It never ceases to amazes me, each Expo gets better and I have been coming to these events since the mid 1980s. I always think how can they top this? Each time they do. The NOLA Expo closed to flying oranges, a parade and the sight of Tommy in shorts and sandals. Put May 10th 2012 on your calendar for Orlando. I can’t wait to see how the Organizing Committee tops this Expo, but Florida and Orlando have the challenge.

I grew up in Florida and whenever friends left we would say - “Ya’ll come back now, ya hear!”

It is almost 10am on Tuesday morning - bosses do you know where your engineers are? People are registering while others mill about in front of the hall doors. Only the exhibitors are allowed past security The attendees are ready to get into the Expo.

It worked last night, but is it still working? I heard that question more than once. The equipment on display is pretty complex and it is a good idea to have a run through one more test to make sure everything is working and everyone understands how to show it off. Did you ever think about the preparation that goes into the Expo? I didn’t until I started to write the show blog. Chicago really opened my eyes. New Orleans reinforced that.

Here is my first attempt at video. I am such a beginner in the wonderful world of video. Still photography is my field, but video??? I found out the camera doesn’t rotate the video when I rotate the video. My Nikon does. Maybe I better check out other cameras if I am going to do video in the future.

The Expo ended with as much excitement as it started with. Tommy, Mark, and the Crescent City Currents really know how to throw a party and generate excitement. I hope you didn’t get hit with a flying orange. Let’s plan to get together again.

Pam and I have been planning for the trip to New Orleans and the PES T&D Expo for months. We have studied the city, the tours, everything. I have been looking forward to seeing friends and daydreaming about the new technologies I could play with. Now it is over. I feel like I lost a friend. I don’t want to go home - well maybe. NOLA has been a fantastic host city. I don’t think I met anyone in the service industry that wasn’t trying to be helpful.

I always feel it was a great trip if I wish there was more. I really wish there was more. I guess it is time to start thinking and planning about Orlando. Heck, it is only two short years and we can do it again!!

This place is so big. You really need to be organized in your approach to seeing it (forget about seeing it all). Unfortunately, I am not organized. So, I am still wandering and finding new exhibitors. Gosh, how can I miss some of these booths - they are so flashy, or big, or noise, or …

That is what makes this so great. Here I have been walking miles each day and I’m still finding new stuff. Well, that is why we come here.

Satish Ranade (vice chair of the T&D Committee) told me New Mexico State won the contest for the most students. He said Mississippi came close with 15, but NMSU’s 18 carried the day. I really think everyone was the winner. The students had a great opportunity. They saw so much here. Way to go professors - thanks for getting those kids out here!!

PES had a great idea that I appreciated today. Lunch was brought in. They had a ton of food including chocolate chip cookies. I must say I never met a chocolate chip cookie I didn’t like. But getting back to the great idea, time is so precious. The floor is so demanding that it is really nice to be able to grab some food and keep on trucking.