{"id":4911,"date":"2013-05-03T08:31:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T12:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2013-05-03T08:31:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T12:31:28","slug":"between-the-lines-packing-my-bags-for-transform-global-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2013\/05\/between-the-lines-packing-my-bags-for-transform-global-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Between the Lines: Packing My Bags for Transform Global 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/packing-bags.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4912\" alt=\"packing bags\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/packing-bags-300x155.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a>I have a reputation for packing for business trips and vacations a week or more in advance. The strategy behind that is that the more I get done in advance, the less I have to do at the last minute. It\u2019s a great strategy when it works, but I still obsess about under packing and end up unpacking everything the day before to make sure I\u2019ve got everything I need. Maybe I\u2019m not so far ahead of the game after all. I still make mistakes like the time I packed my significant other\u2019s black pants instead of mine, discovering when I arrived at my destination and went to put them on that they were several sizes too small. Or packing my son\u2019s clothes instead of mine, which is less of a problem now that we\u2019re both the same size. Those are the kind of things that happen when you pack directly from the clean laundry basket rather dresser drawers or closets.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I bring that all up because I\u2019m looking ahead to Photizo\u2019s Transform Global 2013, \u00a0May 6-9, 2013 in Scottsdale, AZ. I attended last year in Orlando, and was impressed by the quality of many of the presentations, the opportunity to meet with various exhibitors, and the networking opportunities. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Transform conferences, and based on what I\u2019ve read so far about this year\u2019s event I\u2019m going to see and hear a wealth of industry leaders, experts and analysts, end-user case studies, and channel success stories of transformation, that ought to be, at least in my estimation, worth the price of admission.<\/p>\n<p>And in case you were wondering, yes, I\u2019m all packed and ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading and please support our sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Next week I start introduced the Top 40 Most Influential People in the Imaging Industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a reputation for packing for business trips and vacations a week or more in advance. The strategy behind that is that the more I get done in advance, the less I have to do at the last minute. It\u2019s a great strategy when it works, but I still obsess about under packing and end up unpacking everything the day before to make sure I\u2019ve got everything I need. Maybe I\u2019m not so far ahead of the game after all. I still make mistakes like the time I packed my significant other\u2019s black pants instead of mine, discovering when I arrived at my destination and went to put them on that they were several sizes too small. Or packing my son\u2019s clothes instead of mine, which is less of a problem now that we\u2019re both the same size. Those are the kind of things that happen when you pack directly from the clean laundry basket rather dresser drawers or closets. Anyway, I bring that all up because I\u2019m looking ahead to Photizo\u2019s Transform Global 2013, \u00a0May 6-9, 2013 in Scottsdale, AZ. I attended last year in Orlando, and was impressed by the quality of many of the presentations, the opportunity to meet with various exhibitors, and the networking opportunities. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Transform conferences, and based on what I\u2019ve read so far about this year\u2019s event I\u2019m going to see and hear a wealth of industry leaders, experts and analysts, end-user case studies, and channel success stories of transformation, that ought to be, at least in my estimation, worth the price of admission. And in case you were wondering, yes, I\u2019m all packed and ready to go. Thanks for reading and please support our sponsors. P.S. Next week I start introduced the Top 40 Most Influential People in the Imaging Industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[488,328,343],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4911"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4938,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions\/4938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}