Las Vegas: #NAB2012 National Association of Broadcasters Day 1

Las Vegas: GTS 2011 (Gama Trade show)

“The Gama Trade show is all about “”minding the business of games”". The theme for GTS 2011 was “Times Are Changing”, and those gamesters witnessed a lot of changes at the show. This was the best retailer turnout for GTS since 2008, with 219 unique retail stores attend this year’s show, fifty percent up on the GTS 2010 attendance level. The sponsors were outfits like Bandai, Wizards of the Coast, Mayfair Games, Cryptozoic, Sandstorm, WizKids, AEG, Paizo, Konami, Osprey Publishing, GameScience, Alliance Game Distributors, ACD Distribution, Game Publishers Association, and ICv2, and they collectively pioneered a new Retailer Appreciation Package. See that little group over there, in pink gingham shirts and raggedy-ann straw hats? They’ve been playing Farmville non-stop for the whole duation of the show. Now, if I give you a cow, will you feed my chickens?

ISC West 2010

ISC West 2010 Video Surveillance Demo
This has in the past been one of the fastest-growing shows anywhere, implying security is a growing public and business concern. Hot topics: biometric i/d products, video surveillance, remote monitoring. A lot of hard-wired products are now looking at wireless technology instead. Better security!
Arecont Vision at ISC West 2010

NYC: Legal Tech 2010

Show is about information and IT for legal practices, law firms, legal departments. Microsoft among others touting cloud-computing solutions. Cost-saving was a focus generally. More general sessions than previous years. Keynotes by Mohamed El Baradei, former UN Atomic Energy Agency director-general, also Malcolm Gladwell, author of “The Tipping Point”. Big themes: eDiscovery, compliance, search and retrieval, cost-efficiency. It’s legal tech..no pictures please.

Trader’s Expo & Webmaster Access

Some shows are co-located so there are 2 or 3 shows under one roof. While this is smart marketing, you have to make sure that the industries are compatible. This was online trading (as in stocks and bonds) and online webmasters (such as mainstream and adult). It made for an interesting mix. We had everyone from eTrade to Playboy represented. And yes I got a pic of Hef.

Here are just a few of the other pictures. You can click through to see all the bigger ones. Mostly it was just a party atmosphere.

How many figures did you say your salary is??Eh--Oh-- Trade wit me, dollTiffy & the Vigator!!Trader showWM Access: Network Lunch by EpochHef et. al.