Dave Sabol

The combination of the time change and the hectic schedule really does a number on your sleep pattern so it was nice to be able to sleep in to a relatively late 6:30. It’s not the same for all of the staff from my organization as some will be staying on for a few additional […]

I decided to write about the past two days at the same time because honestly they were more about work than anything else and since I was doing the same thing two posts seems rather redundant. We kicked off our Leadership meeting early Saturday morning and my job was to run a demonstration table showing […]

In response to a challenge from a free and open software group, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to re-examine all 44 claims of a patent that covers e-learning tools.Patent No. 6,988,138, awarded last year to the academic technology company Blackboard, is titled “Internet-based education support system and methods.” It involves the ability […]

Well for anyone who is really paying attention to the details of what I have been writing, it should have been quite obvious that I mentioned the fact that I am on a business trip yet I have spent an inordinate amount of time sightseeing. In all honesty, it hasn’t been all play and no […]

Fortunately for me, my numerous calls to U.S. Air and Singapore Air finally paid off, at least in terms of giving me some peace of mind. Little did I know that the concierge at the Grand Hyatt was on top of the situation from the moment I checked in. Around 10:30 in the morning I […]

Well, after taking the great tour of Hong Kong we headed back to the Grand Hyatt to catch our breath, eat lunch and figure out what we were going to do next. On these business trips we work hard and play hard, so we try to maximize every bit of time we have. We decided […]

I had no sooner checked into my room that I received a call from my colleague, Judy, asking if I wanted to go on the guided tour of Hong Kong that had been arranged for our group. Despite the unknown location and status of my luggage, the fact that I had been travelling for almost […]

Well, after a 14 hour flight, I finally made it to Hong Kong. The Singapore Air flight that I took was crowded but comfortable and the time seemed to go by pretty quickly thanks to sleeping for almost half of the flight and reading a great book for the other half. (More on the book […]

Well, after over an hour delay we finally got of the ground from Philadelphia. Admittedly, it was a lot better than I make it out to be. The only good part about having 5 hours between connecting flights is the fact that you have plenty of time “just in case”. For me, I spent the […]

After the catastrophe of day that I had yesterday, today was a relative walk in the park. I arrived at the PHL airport a little more than 3-hours ahead of my departure, got through ticketing and security screening very smoothly and now find myself trying to kill time as I wait for my flight.
I had […]