cellio | SIGDOC, first evening

Tonight at the opening reception I spent some time talking with Bob Newman. In doing the "so what does your company do?" thing, I told him about CoMotion and CPOF and he seemed very interested. He sees what we do as "design of communication" -- not all communication involves words, after all, and the principles that apply to organizing data are sometimes the same ones that apply to organizing documentation. This is a good point. (Unbeknownest to me, the "DOC" in "SIGDOC" actually changed from "documentation" to "design of communication" a couple years back, in part to attract a broader audience.)

After the reception a couple guys from SAS in Raleigh and I headed out for dinner. One of them had been to Memphis before, so we let him guide us to Beale Street. It's hard to tell from just tonight's data points, but my tentative conclusion is that vegetarians are just SOL in this town, or at least on Beale Street. (I haven't looked into the hotel restaurant yet.)

The hotel is pretty spiffy, especially for the price ($95 plus tax). I have a two-room suite with microwave and fridge, though there are no dishes so I assume the microwave is intended for frozen dinners or something. There's a TV in each room (which is two more than I need but there's plenty of space so I don't care), and free network access (wired) in the room. The one downside is that my room is just off the lobby and it's noisy in the outer room, but the noise doesn't seem to carry into the bedroom so I don't care all that much.

This laptop is much worse than the one I borrowed this summer in one respect: legibility. More specifically, I can't find any controls, physical or digital, that affect contrast and brightness, and the defaults are harsh (to me). Dell laptop running XP Professional, in case anyone's got ideas. (The "native" resolution is also high for such a small screen, so I've got fonts cranked up both at the OS level and in my apps. But still, the brightness makes it hard to use.)

Threaded | Flat

It turns out that Bob is the chair of next year's conference, and the theme is "documenting and designing for pervasive information". He would like to see a paper submission from us. Now maybe he says that to all the writers, but it's worth thinking about. (And the conference doesn't conflict with the high holy days next year either, so I could theoretically go.)

Well, speaking as a conference chair (for ACSAC (http://www.acsac.org/)), and as someone in an industry where papers count, I do suggest submitting the paper. In general, it is good for one's career.

A few minutes of searching reveals:

Jasmine's
3456 Coventon Pike (at stage and covington pike)
901-276-2772

I have no idea if it's close to where you are, but it's something...

and this from the restaurant search on Shamash.org:

Kroger's Supermarket
540 S. Mendenhall Memphis, TN 38117-4200
901-683-8846
Meat, Dairy, Vegetarian, Pareve $

Nosh-a-Rye
36 Bazeberry Cordova, TN 38018-7754
901-758-0036
Meat, Dairy (alternating days) $

Schnuck's
Truse Parkway Memphis, TN
901-682-2989
Meat, Dairy, Vegetarian, Pareve $

Arie's Deli & Grill - Glatt Kosher Meat Resturant
under the supervision of the Vaad of Memphis.
5545 Murray Rd. Memphis, TN 38119 (901)767-9659

Schnucks is apparently a grocery store with "Glatt Kosher fresh deli, meat, chicken, Kosher Bakery & much more, under the supervision of the VM." Likewise the Krogers.

Nosh-a-Rye is apparently a deli at the Memphis Jewish Home.

Again, I have no idea whether any of this is even remotely close to where you are, but I hope it helps.

Cravings, a dairy kosher restaurant, is at 552 S. Mendenhall (328-8056)

SIGDOC, first evening

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vegan Chinese in Memphis

Kosher in Memphis

and this from jewishmemphis.com

One more, this time from Hadassah.org

Re: One more, this time from Hadassah.org

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