GDC08 Tuesday

I arrived in San Francisco today after a couple of hours of delays at the airport.  The weather here is rainy - and I guess that was causing the airport to get behind schedule.  We ended up waiting about two extra hours in the airport to board our flight and then another hour or so on the plane before we could take off.  Oh well - nothing that a laptop with DVD's can't fix!

Once I arrived, I spent the day getting to know the area a bit.  I walked around the down town between the hotel and the convention center.  I also walked around the convention center and found where my classes are going to be tomorrow.

It was fun to bump into some old acquaintances from previous jobs while wondering around.  That's one of the things I really enjoy about the conference - catching up with people I haven't seen in several years and finding out how life is treating them.

In the evening I went to the IGDA party.  I usually don't enjoy conference parties much, but I thought I'd go anyway.  I ran into Spencer Trent, the effects artist from Vicious Cycle software.  That was pretty amazing since I've never met him - just chatted via instant messenger.  I guess he recognized me somehow (I wasn't wearing my conference badge with my name on it at the time.)  We had a great chat about creating particle effects, etc.  I also visited the Autodesk party for awhile, but didn't stay long since I'm not much of a party type guy.

Looking forward to tomorrow!