David J. Danto

Collaboration Industry Consultant and Analyst

Covering AV / IoT / Mobility / Multimedia / Video / Unified Communications

Director of UC Strategy and Research

Poly (formerly Plantronics / Polycom)

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Presenting views and anecdotes for the frequent traveler

Archived Blogs

2021:

Holiday Treasure Hunt

Ho Ho Home Office

The Swimming Pool Of Life

Problems With The Amazon

Warming-up For The Holiday Meltdown

Day Tripper

Human Nature

Preparing To Travel During Delta

Random Rants

The Pendulum Peak In Las Vegas

One Wacky Itinerary

What If For Frequent Travelers

On The Road Again Part 4 Of 4

On The Road Again Part 3 Of 4

Them Again

Diversions And Devolving, Dashed Dreams From Delta

What Have We Learned?

Trapped In A Rip-Off

Preparing To Travel During Delta

Delta Distractions

The Flying Rules Are Not Working

Housekeeping And Other Services

Overpromise And Underdeliver

Wednesday

Twilight Zone

Fasten Your Seatbelts

Tickets

On The Road Again Part 2 of 2

On The Road Again Part 1 of 2

The Final NOT Traveling Blog, 3^rd Week Of May 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 2^nd Week Of May 2021

The Value Of Hated Social Media Platforms

The NOT Traveling Blog, 4^th Week Of April 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 3^rd Week Of April 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 2^nd Week Of April 2021

Reach Out And Touch Someone

The NOT Traveling Blog, 5^th Week Of March 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 4^th Week Of March 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 3^rd Week Of March 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 2^nd Week Of March 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 1^st Week Of March 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 4^th Week Of February 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 3^rd Week Of February 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 2^nd Week Of February 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 1^st Week Of February 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 4^th Week Of January 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 3^rd Week Of January 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 2^nd Week Of January 2021

The NOT Traveling Blog, 1^st Week Of January 2021

2020:

The NOT Traveling Blog, 4^th Week Of December

The NOT Traveling Blog, 3^rd Week Of December

The NOT Traveling Blog, 2^nd Week Of December

The NOT Traveling Blog, 1^st Week Of December

The NOT Traveling Blog, 3^rd Week Of November

The Traveler’s Toolbox, Update Number 5

The Truth About Hybrid Working Reveals Itself

The NOT Traveling Blog, 1^st Week Of November 2020

The NOT Traveling Blog, 4^th Week Of October 2020

The NOT Traveling Blog, 3^rd Week Of October 2020

The NOT Traveling Blog, 2^nd Week Of October 2020

The NOT Traveling Blog, 1^st Week Of October 2020

The Not Traveling Blog 4^th Week Of September

Real Travel Vs. Virtual Travel Revisited Yet Again

The NOT Traveling Blog 2^nd Week Of September – or- Eleven More Steps To Go

The NOT Traveling Blog 1^st Week Of September

The Sorta Traveling Blog 4^th Week Of August – Atlantic City During A Pandemic

The NOT Traveling Blog 2^nd Week Of August

The NOT Traveling Blog 1^st Week Of August

The NOT Traveling Blog 5^th Week Of July

The NOT Traveling Blog 4^th Week Of July

The NOT Traveling Blog 3^rd Week Of July

The NOT Traveling Blog 2^nd Week Of July

The NOT Traveling Blog 1^st Week Of July

The NOT Traveling Blog 4^th Week Of June

The NOT Traveling Blog 3^rd Week Of June

The NOT Traveling Blog 2^nd Week Of June

The NOT Traveling Blog 1^st Week Of June

The NOT Traveling Blog 4^th Week Of May

The NOT Traveling Blog 3^rd Week Of May

The NOT Traveling Blog 2^nd Week Of May

The NOT Traveling Blog 1^st Week Of May

The NOT traveling Blog 4^th Week of April 2020

The NOT traveling Blog 3^rd Week of April 2020

The NOT traveling Blog 2^nd Week of April 2020

The NOT traveling Blog 1^st Week of April 2020

The NOT Traveling Blog, 4^th Week of March 2020

The Definitive Working From Home Guide

The Bank Of Good Will 2

To Club Or Not To Club

Thanks But No Thanks

Counting Your Chips As The Game Restarts

The Return Of This Blog – The Rise Of The Remote Worker

The Zen of CES (and other conferences)

2019:

The Pivot Of Customer Service To The Internet

Lessons Learned In 2019

The 2020 Flush-List

Getting Maui’d Again Part 2

Getting Maui’d Again Part 1

Firsts

It’s Worse

Culture And Technology

Are You Watching (Apple Nightmare part 2)

Complicit (Apple Nightmare part 1)

Stone Knives And Bearskins

The Bank Of Good Will Is Empty

Crowdfunding, Luggage And Listening To Your Own Advice

So Close, Yet…

To Check Or Not To Check

Frequent Liars-Revisited, A Comically Sad Trip Report

New Challenges For Today’s Travelers

Traveling Dreams and Nightmares

Why Do We Travel?

Rules for the Business Traveler In 2020

Comparing The Customer Experience In The Airline and Hotel Industries

A Tale Of Two TSAs

Time Travel

Fortunately, Unfortunately

2018:

Clubbing The Banks

Social Media And The Dead Past

A Holiday Fantasy

More Bruisin’ Than Cruisin’

Crusin’ For A Doctor

Stop Putting Stuff In My Food

United Again Part 2 - ‘Polaris-izing’ –or- The Tale Of Two Airlines

United Again Part 1 – New Boarding And The Death Of Platinum

The Air Travel Misery Index

End Of Summer Rants And Raves

Vegas On The AC Boardwalk Again

Stale Bread And Circuses

The Traveler’s Toolbox – Update #4

United To Paying Newark Club Members – Drop Dead

Please Don’t Squeeze

The Travel Industry To English Dictionary

What Do We Really Want At The Airport

Poor In-Flight WiFi Strikes Again

Spring Break Grab Bag

Have You Heard The One About…

I’ve Got To Fly Today

Why Don’t You Care That I Hate You?

The World Gets A Little Smaller…Again

2017:

Johnny Pillowseed

Traveling In The Face Of Dumb

The Sun Is Bright, Ice Is Cold, & The TSA Is Useless

Service Malignancy

Things We’ve Lost

Getting Even With The Greedy

Year of United Hell Freezes Over

Smarter Working In 2017

Cool Hand Oscar

Time to Cut The Cards

Putting the “Eww” into EWR

Another Business Trip

Hot and Cold – What’s the story with hotel air conditioning?

A Frequent Traveler’s View At The Freddies – What Loyalty?

Don’t Learn The Wrong Lesson 2 (from United Airlines Passenger Mistreatment)

Trip Review: Hilton At Resorts World Bimini

Don’t Learn The Wrong Lesson

Planes, Trains and Autocrats

Places To Visit In Today’s America

A New Year Of Travel Loyalty

Taking Bait And Switch To The Next Level

2016:

My Last Business Trip Of 2016

Bargain Airline Tickets – Buyer Beware

You Don’t Get An Award For This

Spin

As Good As It Gets?

Price Gouging

Lost Vegas

Alo-huh?

Bad At Math

Things I Miss About Business Travel

Frequent Liars

Let Them Eat Stroopwafels

A New Year Of Business Travel Cynicism

2015:

Crazy Drivers

The Digital Disruption And Our Brave New World

Giving Thanks To Turkeys

The Election Year

The Golden Rule

Take Back The Sky

If Airlines Were Restaurants

Dear United – You Asked

It’s Time To Admit The Obvious – The TSA Must Go

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The IT Forum

The Traveler’s Toolbox - Update

Time’s Up at United

Even Earlier:

First World Problems

It Was A Dark And Stormy Night – And The House Always Wins

Visual Collaboration - The Travel Reduction Myth vs. The Real Value

The Backwards Twitter Barometer

The New Business Traveler

Uber – Just Say No…

Get The Duct Tape – The Airline Is Falling Apart!

Tomorrow is Today

The Traveler’s Toolbox - Part 2

The Traveler’s Toolbox

Why?

The Cheap Seats – In The Bag

The Third World – Queens, New York

Goodbye Forever – Things Gone With The Wind

2013 Year End Wrap – The Best and Worst

The Technology Scapegoat

‘Tis The Season

For Better or Worse?

Pssst, What Are The Other Guys Doing?

Are We There Yet

James Bond and Captain Kirk

Who Wins the Technology Revolution?

Mobility, Video and the Zees

The Right Tool for the Job

The Wild West All Over Again

What Really Would Be Awesome

To Tradeshow or Not To Tradeshow

The Social Media Popularity Contest

The “Good Enough” Mentality in Visual Communications – Think Fred!

First and Second Screens

Being Social, Electronically

PowerPoint in Pajamas – The Transformation of Business and Culture

Hotels, The Internet and French Fries

When Is a Smarter Working Policy Not a Smarter Working Policy

Real Travel vs. Virtual Travel Revisited

Pain In The Neck, Serviced With a Smile

CES 201 IV – The Voyage Home

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