I'm waiting for the flight home from Chicago to Toronto. I got a pass into the Red Carpet club and thought I'd pass on some interesting stats.
This is the smaller one in O'Hare over by the MacDonalds and no that is NOT french fries on my breath.
There were 43 people in the room. 9 women in the mix.
Of the 9 women, 6 had Blackberry devices clicking away. 4 had laptops out and clicking away. Yep, one lady was one finger RIM and mouse on Laptop. All 4 laptops were, gulp Dell boxes.
Of the men, there 18 laptops and 7 blackberry devices. 3 guys had borg-like bluetooth headsets gabbing away.
Of the laptops, 5 were Dell, 6 Toshiba, 4 Apple (!), 2 thinkpads and one clone.
One guy was watching HBO. I asked, Slingbox? Naah, limewire from last night.
One Lady was using a sprint mobile card doing a Skype conference call with people in China and Poland. I only know because she introduced each person outload to the club and said Skype was awesome . She had a headset on and was using the boom mic built into the laptop.
Big shock, 3 card games happening on the laptops.
Out at the gate, a few more Dell laptops, a couple of folks using edge/evdo cards and a bunch of kids going nuts on the cell phones. A few were watching video and lots were tapping out messages.
All -n- all, lots of interesting people and technology watching while heading home.
Better stats than mine...8 people in the BA lounge in San Francisco, 4 men and 4 women. One guy and I have laptops (an IBM and a Fujitsu) , with him doubling up with the Blackberry as well. Then again, I'm 2 hours early so it may get busier later!
Posted by: Rachel | March 27, 2006 at 15:58
I arrived at YYZ 2 hours early today, just to get away and get some work done in the Maple Leaf Lounge before a flight.
Overhearing conversations can be incredibly interesting. People really should be a little more conspicuous.
Posted by: Jevon | March 27, 2006 at 18:35