Risley Ranch

Running USA Conference Presentation

I'm having a great time at Running USA.  The beautiful Hilton Hotel at Torrey Pines is worth the price of admission.  And the folks in this organization are great people.

I finished my presentation about an hour ago.  Had about 300 people attend, and they seemed engaged.  Got a lot of good feedback and questions.  And nobody threw anything or booed.

Thanks to everyone that came.  I've attached a copy of my presentation in a PDF version, so the videos won't play.  Sorry.

Heading to the Gas Lamb district tonight for dinner and entertainment.

Download Running USA Presentation_PDF Slide Version

Change isn't so hard

After almost 20 years of working on an IBM compatible and the Windows operating system, I've switched to a Mac.  A MacBook Pro, specifically. 

I was nervous about doing it.  I was given a gentle push by my boss, who made the switch some time ago.  The primary reason was for presentation-giving purposes.  Keynote is sooo much better than PowerPoint.  And I give a lot of presentations.  So that was the impetus. 

After using the Mac for only two days now, I'm hooked.  It's just more...more elegant.  A bit more intuitive.  Faster boot-up. And less...clunky.

To be fair, I am using a bunch of Windows software on the Mac:  The entire office suite (except Entourage instead of Outlook). 

And I'll have my first real pressure-filled test next Tuesday when I give a presentation on social media to Running USA.  My Keynote presentation that Jeremy art directed is awesome.  And thanks, too, Jeremy, for the Keynote Tutorial.

So now I have an iPhone, an iPod and a MacBook Pro.  I guess I'm officially changed.