I was fortunate enough this past January to have the opportunity to invest further in TDL’s relationship with Apple by attending this year’s MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. From the first class training at the Conference to connecting with current and new parters and the Expo is was an amazing trip. The traditional highlight of the week is Steve’s Keynote where I was able to grab this snap shot from my 5th row seat.
Now that I’ve fully recovered from the 12 hour marathon wait (I forgot how much energy sitting can take out of you) I’m please to say iGot what i wanted. A very beautiful 8 GB iPhone. I even made it in the newspaper (see full story) as the shot below shows. (I’m the tired looking guy in the top left).
I have to give a big thanks to Dirk (Short Hills Apple Store Manager) and the rest of the amazing staff at the Apple store for everything. Around 8 AM, two hours before the mall even opened, Dirk came out to personally meet everyone in line and thank us for coming. All throughout the day Dirk and other staffers were continually coming out and talking to everyone in line. Water and coffee was routinely handed out and they made every effort to make us all as comfortable as possible. Apple defiantly learned from the mistakes of others (PS3) and I’ve heard overwhelmingly good things from the AT&T stores too.
At launch time everything was very organized. Dirk made announcements at 5:30 and 5:45 regarding how things would work when the doors opened. The front of the store was roped off and about 6 of their biggest associates were managing the line and the appreciable crowd that gathered to watch the line and the opening.
A good time was had by all!
