Sunday, September 23, 2007
Tim Bourquin, you're scaring the crap out of me
Last time I saw Tim Bourquin was about two weeks ago and I told him he was making me nervous with the automated live countdown on his Podcast Expo website which, at that point, stated that there were roughly nineteen days until the Expo.
Well, just now I checked the site again, only to find this:
Okay Tim, you're now officially scaring the crap out of me.
Not in a bad way, mind you. The gang and I have been preparing for this upcoming weekend for a full year now, and there's no doubt in my mind that it'll end up being one of the best things that iProng has ever been a part of. But there are some tasks that just can't be taken care of until the right time, and as such, there's plenty of work still left to be done between now and then.
And some things you just can't take care of until after you get there. I learned that several years ago when I was traveling from my home in Florida to Macworld Expo in San Francisco for the first time. After hearing about how cold and windy it is in San Francisco in January, I proceeded to spend a full week combing every clothing store in Florida looking for a wool cap I could take with me. Since there's never a time when you'd need one in Florida (this was back before they became en vogue fashion items), I couldn't find one anywhere. Finally, I resolved that I'd just have to head to SF without one. Little did I know that there are wool caps for sale at every store on every corner in San Francisco, and within a few minutes of being in town I was able to accomplish what I'd been unable to in a week of trying beforehand.
So it's kind of like that now. There are things I'm inclined to worry about, feel like I should be doing something about, right now - and yet so many of those things can't be done until I get there and it's time to do them. I just have to focus on the things that actually can be done ahead of time, and there's plenty of that. But despite that, we're ready. It's like standing in line forever to get on a rollercoaster and eventually finding yourself just a few feet away and knowing that the ride is going to start soon whether you're ready or not. I'm ready.
But that countdown clock is still scaring the crap out of me.
Last time I saw Tim Bourquin was about two weeks ago and I told him he was making me nervous with the automated live countdown on his Podcast Expo website which, at that point, stated that there were roughly nineteen days until the Expo.
Well, just now I checked the site again, only to find this:
Okay Tim, you're now officially scaring the crap out of me.
Not in a bad way, mind you. The gang and I have been preparing for this upcoming weekend for a full year now, and there's no doubt in my mind that it'll end up being one of the best things that iProng has ever been a part of. But there are some tasks that just can't be taken care of until the right time, and as such, there's plenty of work still left to be done between now and then.
And some things you just can't take care of until after you get there. I learned that several years ago when I was traveling from my home in Florida to Macworld Expo in San Francisco for the first time. After hearing about how cold and windy it is in San Francisco in January, I proceeded to spend a full week combing every clothing store in Florida looking for a wool cap I could take with me. Since there's never a time when you'd need one in Florida (this was back before they became en vogue fashion items), I couldn't find one anywhere. Finally, I resolved that I'd just have to head to SF without one. Little did I know that there are wool caps for sale at every store on every corner in San Francisco, and within a few minutes of being in town I was able to accomplish what I'd been unable to in a week of trying beforehand.
So it's kind of like that now. There are things I'm inclined to worry about, feel like I should be doing something about, right now - and yet so many of those things can't be done until I get there and it's time to do them. I just have to focus on the things that actually can be done ahead of time, and there's plenty of that. But despite that, we're ready. It's like standing in line forever to get on a rollercoaster and eventually finding yourself just a few feet away and knowing that the ride is going to start soon whether you're ready or not. I'm ready.
But that countdown clock is still scaring the crap out of me.
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