Heading to CES

Tomorrow, I hit the road again, this time to CES in Las Vegas. I'm quite looking forward to the show, both to see some of our clients and just to bask in the uber-geekiness of hundreds of thousands of square feet of tech on display. I'm particularly interested in seeing the many varieties of netbooks, because I'm still not sold on this computing category. It feels to me like an awkward middle ground between a three-pounder, such as an Air or a Lenovo T3100, and a smart phone, such as my iPhone. I'll report my opinion after I've checked out a lot of them on the show floor.

In unrelated news, as you would expect, I am chipping away at the plot of Children No More. I understand it at a macro level and have for some time, but I now must work out the details so I can write an outline and get busy on the book. This one will in many ways be darker than any of the others, but I'm still looking forward to getting back to writing; everything up until the point at which I'm putting down text always feels a bit like cheating.

While I'm in Vegas, I'll eat at least a few really good meals, see three shows, and if time permits, grab a few hours at a poker table (though this last is definitely lowest on my priority list). Stay tuned over the next five days for my report.