After a short flight down the east coast from New Jersey, I arrived in Orlando about 9:30AM. John Anderson (P4P'er) was to pick me up at Orlando International, however he forgot his notebook and have to travel back, by the time we spoke on the phone he was already an hour out from picking me up.
Thus, I jumped on a Meers transport and finally made it to the Hyatt Regency about 11AM. John and I were able to hook up there, and we took some extra time to settle in to the old Peabody, relaxed, sipped a bourbon or two and then made our way to the Press Room at the North end of the Orlando Convention Center.
Holy smokes, we didn't realize how massive the convention center is! We logged almost 8,000 steps via the convention center walkway from the Hyatt.
We finally arrived on the show floor about 1PM, for me entering the show gave me the feeling of a kid being in a candy store! All I could see was a sea of color logo banners and hardware of every shape and color. For a print geek, I was loving life.
The plan was to split up and get a feel for who and what devices were there. We covered much of the show floor, and developed a list of vendors and devices that we wanted to know more about. We'll be covering those vendors and devices on day two.
Later in the evening I met John at the Rocks Lounge at the Hyatt, had a few drinks and made out way North on International Drive to find some dinner.
It was an early evening since I had to wake up last night at 3AM to catch my flight to Orlando Sunday morning, however I did was able to watch the next to last show of Fear the Walking Dead.
Tonight, I will post a blog about our top ten devices that we loved at Graph Expo 2016.
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