Its been a long time since I was last at siggraph, at least seven years. Long ago, I was a devout follower, attending every show from 1987 to 1995. Whether it was in our backyard (Anaheim, LA), in the scorching desert (Las Vegas), or on the other side of the country (Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Orlando), I was there by hook or by crook. Sometimes just taking the sights in, othertimes trying to be a part of that crazy thing called the computer graphics market. Knowing some of the big names in the industry was helpful (Jim Blinn, Jim Kajiya, Al Barr, John Schneider, Dave Kirk, Tim Kay) and through them, rubbing shoulders with just about everybody else...

Eventually I developed additional contacts over on the business side of the industry (Mark Sylvester, Wavefront; Kim Davidson, SideFX; Joe Alter, 4Dimension; Chris Walker, Modern Cartoons; Bill Konersman, Disney; etc.), and it was good to go see what all my old friends were up to. Maybe, if I'm lucky, I can drum up more CG business.