So I’m sitting at the San Francisco airport as I write this entry with my plane delayed indefinitely (so the airport info and counter agent say.) Any of you who travel routinely will know this situation all too well. Maintenance issue forcing a switch of equipment.

One thing that’s great now is that because I have access to the network, I saw the state of the flight on the airline’s website 15 minutes before any information was communicated via regular means at the airport. (Though one has to wonder why the airport general means lag the website by 15 minutes….)

No doubt, traveling is still challenging from time to time, but the advent of network connectivity and the abundance of information make it much easier than it’s ever been in the past.