So I’m sitting here in the Seagate Bloghaus, writing up a NY Sun post. Someone sits down next to me, gets on his mobile, starts talking… I try to tune out… I wind up hearing that he’s talking to Owen Thomas of Valleywag. I note that I’m IM’ing with Jordan Golson, of “Hey Gene Krakow: Blow me!” fame. We’re talking about Jordan “stealing” an All Things D pillow last night. So this guy gets off the phone, and I tell him that I’m Peter Shankman, I’m the guy who broke the Krakow story, etc. I ask him his name. “I’m Robert Scoble. I know who you are, Peter.” Blink. I freaking hate when that happens. I blamed it on a [...]

I met with Scott Jordan this morning for an early meeting – I sit on the advisory board of his company, so it’s always nice to catch up with him. For what it’s worth, I’m going to start calling him Scott Diddy. But I do love his products, I’ve been a fan since 2001. And his commercial, below, rocks. Of course, ADD kicking in, when I look at the clock, I realize that I’ve got 30 minutes to get to the convention center, and I’m a good few miles away. And of course, Vegas is a nightmare travel-wise during CES. Not to fear, though – I’ve got a monorail pass! We get to the Momorail – D’oh! 30 minute wait! [...]

So I get into my room at Planet Hollywood (because it’s a Starwood property) and find it to be quite nice, with a pretty decent view of the Bellagio. And then it hits me – Wait a second – The Bellagio! That’s where Seagate has their Bloghaus, and shock of shocks, it’s right across the street!! This is Las Vegas! Nothing is right across the street! Go me! I promise to take photos tomorrow – It’s really, really cool. Again, thank you, Seagate! A place to work and file and get stuff done! Rock on! So that’s where I sit, waiting to watch the keynote, (Supposedly Bill Gates’ last one! Ooh!) and enjoying the comforts of the “haus,” including beer, [...]

The advangtages of getting to Vegas early on Sunday before the show goes insane, as opposed to the Monday morning flight I normally take out to the city of sin: a less-than five minute cab line, no line at the monorail to the convention center, and it took all of 37 seconds to get my press badge holder. Life is good. The experiment has started, also. I was starving upon arriving at the convention center. Once I got my press badge, however, that changed, thanks to the Verizon Wireless press center: 10:28am: One chocolate eclair, one bagel with cream cheese, one bottle of water, and one small bag of pretzels. Total cost: $0.00. I think the problem is going to fall not [...]

So Josh Friedlander over at American Madness has a great post today about how it’s possible, in NYC, to wear a nice suit, and basically crash 99% of the corporate functions being held in the city. I agree. I’ve done it. But for fun, I’m going to take it a step further. I’m going to the Consumer Electronics Show from Sunday, January 6th, to Thursday, January 10th in Vegas. I’m covering the show not only for this blog, but for my outdoor column in the NY Sun. (It’s amazing how many companies make things for athletes.) Anyhow, because I’m going as media, I’ve been invited to several parties. Between those parties, the media center, the various company Blog Hauses, and [...]