Both feet on the ground
I returned from Austin Tuesday evening and am back on terra firma for now. The flights were uneventful, almost pleasant. Turbulence was sparse and didn't last more than 10 seconds tops in any form, so that helped a lot. It's always nice flying into Phoenix in the evening - the darkness lessens the sense of height, and it's a pretty-lookiing city from the air, at least to me.
I found out that I missed a free NFL football game in Phoenix on Monday. San Diego played here in Sun Devil Stadium (home of the Cardinals) because of the wildfires that are screwing with the air quality over there. I was a bit baffled when I turned on the TV Monday night during the fourth quarter and saw them playing in Tempe, but Amy from Aspyr clued me in the next day as to what was going on. That was kinda neat. I used to have season tickets for the Cardinals but, well, they're the Cardinals. ;-)
I had a pretty good time in Austin, and it was good to see Glenda, Suellen, Mark and the other folks at Aspyr old and new. We laid out some good strategy for the future, and I got to hear a lot of interesting things about the "business" side of Mac porting from Aspyr's perspective that wasn't part of my focus or interest as a programmer when I was with Westlake. It helped explain a lot of things that weren't clear to me, and why some business decisions are made and others aren't. Turns out it's not voodoo, magic or guesswork after all! :-)