Notes from Day 1 of CES 2007

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Me and some CES 2007 booth babes, originally uploaded by nickgraywfu.

• CES stands for Consumer Electronics Show. It is the biggest electronics show in the entire world.


• This is the first year that I have seriously brought my own snacks. Today I packed peanuts, a chicken sandwich, two bananas, a 1 liter bottle of water, and 20oz of milk.


• To see a video clip of me flailing around on stage at the Intel booth, click here. I was trying to win some software.


• I met my friend Amit Gupta here (Zach Klein introduced us about a year ago). Amit and I walked around for the better part of the day together. Microsoft flew him to CES and put him up in a very nice hotel - how cool is that!


• If you have never been to CES before, I think it is easy to look around and think about how cheesy some presentations are. For example, many companies will have salsa dancers or some exotic scantily-clad women dancing on stage between presentation topics. But these things are differentiators to get people to relax and sit down and enjoy the sales propaganda. Otherwise it is a long day of numbers and tech specs.


• I love it. CES features some of the best technology marketing that I see all year. Watching the corny presentations and sales pitches is fun for me.


• Some of the coolest things we saw today include a 27-inch Sony OLED screen that was about 1/8th inch thick. A 6-minute exclusive HD preview scene from Spiderman 3. An easy-to-watch from 5 meters away 3D television screen. A free 2GB USB thumb drive (thanks Amit and thanks Microsoft!). Quad-core Intel gaming workstation.