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Yes, my room is 938. Charge all you want to it. :)
2. Calendar
If you are crossing time zones (like most of us will for the PPAI Expo), set up your meetings in the proper time zone. Once you land, your phone will switch to the new time zone and mess you up especially if you have lots of meetings. So do 2 things:
A. Put the time in the title of EVERY meeting. So instead of saying "Maximize Mobile Seminar", make the title "Maximize Mobile Seminar 11am-12am". If you accidentally schedule it wrong, at least you'll see the time it is supposed to be.
B. Schedule the time on the proper time zone. For me, I am on EST so my 11am MAXIMIZE MOBILE seminar is scheduled for 2pm EST. When I land in Las Vegas, it will show up at 11am. (If you want to get fancy, message me and I'll show you how I have both time zones on my calendar.)
3. Electronics
You do have tripit don't you? No? Get it. Very cool app makes it much easier to keep your flights organized and if you buy premium helps you when things get messed up.
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