2008 CES – the trick is to keep breathing
I attended the 2008 CES, which meant I was in Las Vegas for a full week. Yes, I did survive. Barely. Imagine four six-hour days in a row of standing at a demo station, giving essentially the same pitch every 10-15 minutes. Follow that up with the requisite Vegas lifestyle each night (the evening STARTS around 11:30), and you might understand why I’m just a bit burnt this weekend.
It was not all bad (actually, it was kinda worth it ;) ). The highlight of the week undoubtedly was hooking up with my good Colorado friends from Soul Patch, Ryan and Jason. They’re with Foundry Group, a VC firm in Boulder, and they were in town to see the latest and greatest toys. We grabbed dinner, then headed to the suite at the Wynn where the guys from Slingbox were staying. The suite was insane, and they had Rock Band hooked up to the Plasma. We took our positions, Ryan playing guitar, Jason on the drums, and me on the mic (there was no second guitar controller for playing bass). The song was Dani California, and if I must say, this tired set of bandmates rocked the Wynn. I scored 100% on the vocal line, a feat of which I’m quite proud! After that, of course, there were cocktails, people watching (by which I mean woman watching – good lord, Vegas brings out something in people…), and then a promise to meet again soon. After parting with those guys, I ended up at LAX at the Luxor to meet my team mates – but that’s another story.
Glad I went, glad to be home, hoping there’s no permanent damage to my sleep patterns.
