Thursday was the day for the Apple Consultant’s Network. Starting with the BYOB (Bring Your Own Breakfast) Meeting at 8 a.m. and ending with a $60 dinner for 400 at the Franciscan Crab Restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf.
The morning meeting was very informative, with lots of information on the various certifications that Apple uses to make sure those of us who call ourselves Mac Experts have the knowledge to back up our claims. I’m looking forward to learning Leopard Server this year and getting certified in that, increasing my value to business clients who need a higher level of assistance. (Read more money)
The afternoon Business Meeting concentrated of our relationship with Apple Corporate, Apple Business Sales, and Apple Retail. I spent time before the meeting with Lane, the regional ACN manager for the southeast, and had some productive discussions with him that will enhance the benefits I get from the Apple programs. There was a lively question and answer session after the meeting with pointed questions about the Apple Stores and their dealings with Apple Consultants.
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Friday was exclusively devoted to MyMac.com. After prowling the floor in the morning, making contacts with the exhibitors, then lunch with the group in the Media Center, I had a good meeting with the people at Altec Lansing and made arrangements to review some neat new products. Verbatim also has some nifty USB/Firewire hard drives in their lineup along with some different-colored lightscribe CDs.
Then, It was all over. The weary crew was summarily ejected from the media center as the room was dismantled around us. After recording the final podcast from the sidewalk outside the Moscone Center, I left Tim, Nemo, Guy, and Larry to catch the BART back to the hotel where we are to meet and head out to our final dinner together.
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All in all it was a wonderful week. In spite of my limping around for the last three days, it was well worth the time, money and effort. I got a lot out of the trip and look forward to MacWorld 2009.
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