11:00 p.m.
This is my first opportunity to update my diary today. That's not to say I haven't had a chance to use my 95LX, but that it's been a hectic day of interviews and meeting friends.
My plan worked well, with some minor hitches. When I arrived on campus I learned that my appointments weren't all 30 minutes apart...they left some 15 minute breaks in random spots. So the work I had done to set up the appointments in advance was wasted. There ought to be a better way to create/modify appointments. It would be nice to specify that an appointment is 30 minutes long, and then to change the starting time later. Instead, I have to change the starting and ending time.
Also, the beeping I used to tell me that I had 5 minutes before the next interview was good for me, but not for the student... so I did without it. Too bad the appointment reminder can't pop up on top of a graphics program, like the big clock.
The MEMO file of questions worked like a charm; it gave me the confidence I needed to keep the conversation moving.
When the first day of interviews was over, I contacted some old friends who were still in town, using my 95LX's phone book. We got together to sample some of Pittsburgh's finest...Primanti Brothers Cheesesteak and Iron City beer.