From the Water Cooler

We expect this year’s conference to be the best ever. Already we have more vendors signed up then we did at this same time last year and what really is exciting is that this is the first time at Southwest for many of them. Also the attendee registration is ahead of last year. I wonder if this has anything to do with the extended discounted room rates before and after the conference for those wishing to add some vacation time and sight seeing to their trip to San Diego.

Viva Las Vegas

Just returned from a week of touring CES in Las Vegas - WOW! We literally walked for miles visiting vendor booths and listing to product discussions. I saw a neat portable device leash that was invented by a nine year old, a 10,000 dollars USB flash drive that took an artist six months to hand paint with a brush the size of a human hair, a production model of a device to keep from loosing a child, robotics devices galore. Talked to a lot of nice people and made some valuable contacts. Glad we have a year to rest up before we do it again.