Jan 17, 2006

Dispatch from the show floor:

20,000 people, hundreds of companies and a lot of talking – that’s what SGU is all about. This year its in Las Vegas, which is always a positive and a negative.

The positive is “It’s Vegas!” – lots of fun!

The negative is “Its Vegas…” – nobody’s going to show up at a tradeshow when there are not only the learning sessions from the actual show, but also all the distractions of one of the US’s top tourist cities to compete with…

But, as the picture below shows, quite a few people actually HAVE shown up. I’m writing this from the show floor, thanks to the magic of dual monitors. The external flatscreen is showing our demo, and I’m blogging “behind the scenes”.

Here’s the scene from the floor – courtesy of my Treo650. The pics aren’t too good, because the camera in the phone is confused by the strong highlights of the halogen bulbs on the pods and the much darker ambient fluorescent lights from above.

Anyway, lots of awesome technology coming up in this next year – I’ll be showcasing some of it here in the next few weeks.