The Professional Programmer

Last week I was traveling to a conference, and realized (due, in small part, to my "companions" on the flight home) that it might be worthwhile to write-up my personal etiquette rules for airline travel. Whether it's for work or leisure, there are a few rules that everyone should keep in mind.

I've been promising for some time to put together some reviews of books related to programming, AI, networking, and other topics I tend to talk about on this blog. Well, I've finally been able to sit down and read a book (based in no small part to the fact that I was on a plane last week).

If you spend enough time in technology, it becomes inevitable. Travel. It seems so glamorous at first. Your company is willing to spend what is sometimes non-trivial sums of money to send you off to some new location, where you will be their representative to the hundreds or thousands of other people attending the meeting or conference. Then the realization occurs: How do I make the most of my conference time?