Allied Media Conference Trip: Morning, day one

It's a steamy Columbus morniing and I'm here, on a friend's porch, blogging during my 5-hour layover. I didn't fly, but hitched a ride with Media Bridges Educational Coordinator Sara Mahle.

While here, I've been learning to use Skype's free telephone service and have been dialing up friends using my laptop. Pretty cool - I can sniff out open wifi and phone home, all without a lot of hassle. The service is surprisingly good - better than my last cellphone, which I threw into the river in 2001. All calls are free through December, 2006 and it's a mighty good hook, I must say.

The Allied Media Conference kicks off tonight and I'll be blogging from the field.