Art Bahrs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>    Nice photos... :) ... I am a bit puzzled by the Adager booth this year
>tho'...  not having been there to ask... why the change from the reading
>chairs of old?

Sorry you were not there, Art.  You missed some of the most comfortable
furniture in the whole show :-)

In fact, I use a Gymnastic Stability Ball as my preferred seat
when I program.  See http://www.bodytrends.com/ballchar.htm for a
description of these inflatable balls as chairs.

I always travel with a 55 cm. Gymnastic Stability Ball (and a small
double-action pump) in my carry-on baggage.  I would not dream of
using hotel chairs to work while I am away from home.

For a more general discussion of "stability balls" in an "exercise"
context, see http://www.bodytrends.com/balls.htm

Bob Green also has a nice report (with pictures of the Adager rest
area) at http://www.robelle.com/hpworld/2001/ and he wrote:

    For "Most Elegant Booth" the award goes to Alfredo Rego (pictured
    below in the Robelle booth), whose Adager booth consisted of just
    a red cube and some plastic exercise ball-chairs. The last picture
    shows Rene Woc and Stan Sieler standing next to the minimalist
    Adager booth.

The operative word in Bob's comments is "minimalist".  I selected
a similar concept while designing the booth: "no clutter" :-)

At the booth, we distributed a stack of Ron Seybold's 3000 NewsWire,
whose back cover contained an Adager ad that you can see in PDF
here: http://www.adager.com/LiteraturePDF/Clutter.pdf

It was great to see people's reaction as soon as they read it:
"Now, I get it!"

The Adager booth was always filled with friends from all over the
world who came to enjoy "talking shop" while sitting on our healthy
"furniture".  I am sorry I had to leave early on Friday.  I am
looking forward to next year in Los Angeles.

See you there!

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|            r  |  Alfredo                      [log in to unmask]
|          e    |                            http://www.adager.com
|        g      |  F. Alfredo Rego
|      a        |  Manager, R & D Labs
|    d          |  Adager Corporation
|  A            |  Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000             U.S.A.
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