Day one at DAC and the myth of the conversant engineer
Real interesting first day at DAC. Free Monday seemed to bring people out of the woodwork in the morning and traffic seemed to die out after lunch, but it wasn't for lack of trying on the DAC committee's part. The DAC Pavilion was generally filled whenever I wandered by and the organization is trying mightily to deal with the issue of what to call bloggers. Essentially the philosophy is a work in progress but there are some cutbacks. John Cooley was "upset" that there was no food in the press room, but other than Paul Dempsey and John Donovan it looked like we could all cut back on the pastries. I could have had a full access pass if I asked for one, but I only needed to get interview rooms so I saw no need... even though the bag would have matched my orange tie as Georgian Marzsalek pointed out. Some members of the press were upset that the default access was exhibits only, but as I have said, we all have to be flexible in the...