Though Thomas Edison is often credited as the "inventor" of the word 'hello' the word can be seen penned by Mark Twain years before Edison was quoted with it.
Contrastly, Bell suggested the word 'ahoy' as a greeting on the phones. Luckily for us, the only person to adopt this phrase was one C. Montgomery Burns (from the simpsons) who's use of the word implies his elderly status.
Oddly enough, Bell's technology was picked up and "Edison's" phrase was as well. This no doubt irked the other!
In other news, I am in Boston right now for the International Association of Assembly Managers (IAAM) conference. I have been lucky enough to attend the past two summers in Salt Lake City, Utah and Anaheim, California. Both times, I had a great time, met a ton of people, and networked for 6 days with the top people in this industry.
I think now more then ever, my life goals are becoming clear. I can see my path laid out in front pf me, and I am eager to jump head first into this industry and have a blast doing it.
So back to this conference. I am student volunteering again which means I am required to work throughout the conference on various tasks. I am pimpin enough to be on the Foundation crew again (we have our own secret handshake) which means I get the best jobs.
Friday was the foundation tournament which is where all the top people go and play a round of golf, drink (network), and have a great time with their long time friends. Unfortunately, Friday was a very nasty day out. Waking up at 4AM to a cold, raining, windy day was the best way to roll out of bed, but I persevered and made it through a bitterly cold day driving golf carts (that was fun, though I may or may not have gotten hypothermia (j/k (but not really))).
After that, we (the student volunteers) were invited to the President's reception. This was an invite only shindig so none of the boss men (or women) were there so we were on our own. I also felt like a bit of a tool since everyone there was dressed to the nines and I was in my Clemson polo (representing!!).
After that was the young professionals mixer at the Westin. Getting there was epic, as is most everything I do. After wandering around the hotel and getting misguided directions, ("WTH there is no concourse button!?!") we made it. Much like last year, we were given coupons for drinks and told to network.
After much networking, the bar closed so we went out on the town. We went down to the seaport bar which was featuring karaoke. When I went up to request a song, the DJ informed me that he was peacing out. (It was midnight after all)
After haning out for a while, the boss men put a significant amount of money in the jukebox and selected a nice long playlist full of country hits. (we survived)
As the night was winding down, we eventually peaced out and all went our seperate ways.
And thusly concludes Friday (well actually Saturday morning...)
More later!
