It’s been nearly two months since I last had a relaxing Sunday morning with coffee and a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal (WISJ).  Thus yesterday morning I decided to rectify that.  While flipping through my local Madison newspaper, I had a couple observations – some good and some just confusing.

Masthead issues. Am I the only one that looks at this picture and thinks the sections are from two different publications? Both come from the Sunday WISJ.  Not sure if one is a new design and the other old, but it looks extremely unprofessional. Seriously, I would love to know what is going on with this.

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Summer is over, and the days are getting shorter and colder.  Perfect weather to curl up by a fire with a good book.  Still, thanks to a series of entertaining reads, my summer productivity for at least two months was high. The lack of air conditioning and an extremely hot summer that made it just painful to do much other than read, which helped the cause as well.

Then I started reading Christopher Buckley’s ‘Boomsday.’ It’s amazing how a bad book can stop you cold from a great reading streak.

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Madison’s own Geek.Kon celebrated its fourth anniversary this past weekend, with the motto “Bigger on the Inside.” The Marriot provided the Geek.Kon crowd with its largest space ever – 50,000 square feet. The difference was noticeable. The video game room and exhibition hall were not cramped as in previous years. There was plenty of seating room for every panel. Even the halls were less congested.

When I wasn’t playing Munchkin in the Marriot bar or having a couple drinks with presenters, I managed to catch some of the sessions. Here are my notes on 3.5.

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