Hi everyone! We've had a busy, busy couple of days -- we've put a lot of miles behind us, eaten in countless restaurants (while trying to avoid fast food), slept in different beds each night, and most importantly, met a ton of customers. We're answering questions ranging from "what's Windows Vista?" to "what's your favorite feature?" to "what are the advances in networking that will ensure my home network is secure?" In fact, one of our guys has created a list of recurring topics that customers continue to hit upon.
Our routing has taken us from Lexington, KY on Wednesday morning through parts of Ohio and into Pittsburgh, PA last evening. We've since made it to the outskirts of Washington, DC tonight and are preparing for another very active day tomorrow. Our routing should take us toward Richmond, VA tomorrow evening and Charlotte, NC the following day.
I didn't have the opportunity to post an update last night, so I'll provide you a short recap of our trip this far, with a few captions so you can identify whether we've already swung through your neck of the woods. (It gets hard to remember where we are, where we've just been and we're headed. Luckily, we have a professional driver to take care of those "little details" for us ;).
Here we are in Nashville getting ready to board the coach for our great adventure (L-R are Brandon LeBlanc, Ryan Hoffman and me).
Another shot of our rig in Nashville, right before we set off:
After that photo session we climbed aboard to inspect our new surroundings, plug in the Xbox 360, settle into one of those comfy leather recliners and dig into the wireless internet. This is going to be home during our waking hours for the next week+.
Wednesday afternoon we made our way to Ohio State University but ran into a few roadblocks (literally) and had to beat it off campus -- there simply was nowhere for us to park, even for a moment.
This is us in action in the heartland (Ohio), wrapping up a multi-system demo while trying to stay out of the cold :)
This morning in Pittsburgh we dropped by a local Best Buy for a gadget-fix and chatted with all sorts of customers, including employees wanting to ask us in-depth questions about the upgrading process. We even gave away a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate to a father and son duo who'd just bought a new computer! The father said that we'd "just made his week." It was our pleasure :)
Here's a shot of our bus as we arrived in tech Mecca:
And while in Pittsburgh, Bob Stein of ActiveWin dropped by to keep us company and help answer customers' questions -- which is a lucky thing, because we were inundated with people curious about MS' new operating system.
Thanks for the help, Bob!
As I said, tonight we're right outside the nation's capital and will make our foray into the city in the morning to meet more customers and perhaps even capture a few shots of our coach in front of the more recognizable monuments -- if we can stop traffic for long enough, that is (just kidding!).
More news tomorrow from DC and points beyond ... be sure to keep track of our position via the gadget!