Minor rant

Yesterday was a beautiful day in Seattle. I spent the day working in the yard and playing at the park with the kids.

I was also very eager to find out where the University of Washington Huskies were going to end up in the NCAA Basketball Tourney. The selection show on CBS kicked off at 3pm PST so at about 3:30 I started checking the "Final Four March Madness" link on my MEdiaNet homepage.

You can probably guess where this is headed, but sure enough, even an hour+ after the selection show, there was still no update on the site. I finally quit checking and waited until I got home so I could check on the PC.

There is certainly a lot of progress being made with the wireless web and I know the carriers are working on improvements, but this was a poor performance to say the least.

For those who don't know, the NCAA Men's basketball tourney has become the biggest sports event. According to Casino Times betting on March Madness dwarfs even the Super Bowl.

In addition, consulting firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas estimate that March Madness could cost employers up to $4B in lost productivity.

Hopefully the coverage during the tourney improves.