Allow me to paint a picture for you: imagine one geek, on his EEE-PC (running Ubuntu naturally), with Tweetdeck on one virtual desktop pinging every few seconds with updates from GenCon, a broweser open on another desktop with Google Voice (for SMS contact with my agent at the convention), GMail, Facebook and a blog post running.. now put that geek on a plane at 23,000 feet on his way to that very convention. Now, if you know me or what I look like, you can complete the picture by putting my face on that geek. I’m pretty sure I’m right in the middle of having a full-on nerdgasm.
As some actually useful information: AirTran’s inflight WiFi is fairly impressive. It occasionally slows to a crawl but given the technological wizardry required to maintain an internet connection with an object travelling at 30,000 feet and moving a couple of hundred miles an hour… not bad.
