NCRA Midyear conference in New Orleans

I had a great time working with Carmen Santone at the Midyear Conference in New Orleans, a city I adore.

The highlight was the LightSpeed vendor seminar by Mark Kislingbury, with me as the helper. I didn't have much to say. Mark is amazing and did a great presentation. We had many reporters stop and try out the LS, plus a few LS owners. I got to meet some of the Depoman people, which was neat.

Johnny Jackson sent a prototype of an improved LS. The key overlay is one piece, eliminating the spaces on the sides of the key which allowed light in (in very, very bright conditions) and caused problems with the light refraction. The prototype's key surface was like a hard rubber, with the keys molded into it. A different feeling, but I think I liked it. Some of the keys had small ridges at the top (bottom row consonants) or the side edge (vowels) which made it easy to find your "home" position.

I would bet that by the Annual Convention there will be an even more improved prototype, if not updated model available.