I waited a few days before writing this up because I was waiting for my opinion to change. Since that still hasn’t happened, here it goes.
I didn’t like it all that much. I didn’t dislike it. It was eh.
I think it was way overhyped. I am already inundated daily with shiny objects all around me. Were there some cool things? Sure. Could I name them? No, not really. Were there some awesome things? Not from my perspective. The closest thing would be that 2-monitor laptop I saw. It looked pretty physically fragile, so hopefully a couple of iterations from now, they’ll have it perfected, it’s a great idea.
My thoughts for improvements….
- Be more selective on your vendors, go for quality over quantity. How many different flat-screen tv wall brackets can one really see before just ignoring all of them?
- Cap attendance. Yes, you make money from vendors based on attendance predictions. But if you are more selective on the vendor side, you can raise the prices for a vendor to participate because the ratio of attendee/vendor will shift.
- Take charge of where vendors are placed on the show floors. By this I mean take the “big” guys and spread them out a bit, sprinkle some of the “little” guys around them. When you have huge company A right next to hug company B, no one sees anything but the mad rush of people that are pushing each other around trying to get a look.
- Ask your keynotes (or insist, depends on your contracts I suppose) to show new stuff, not recycled stuff. It’s no secret that I am a fan of Microsoft technology, but Steve Ballmer’s keynote was a big ole yawn for me.
Vegas is fun. I got to see some friends I hardly ever see. Got to have a date night with hubby to celebrate our anniversary, he proposed in Vegas, so it’s a special place for us.
Do I want my money back? No, I was given blogger credentials and admitted free. Ironic, huh?
#CES 2011? Eh, not so sure for me.
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