World News from The Planet
April 23, 2008 by Katie Solan, Public Relations in Fun Stuff, Marketing, The Planet
Your favorite Web Hosting Evangelist and I just returned from a week in San Francisco at the ad:tech 2008 trade show. We returned older, wiser, and I for one learned many truths:
- The estimated time for set-up and take-down of one’s booth is always two hours longer than your worst-case scenario
- Booth babes, whether “babey” or not, major traffic at one’s booth and guarantee drool from sales guys
- It’s probably in my best interest not to go along with any of Hazard’s ideas … and then let him film it
In what could probably be considered a lapse of judgment (I blame the delirium that settled in on the second day of the show), I actually let Hazard convince me to anchor a mock “World News from The Planet” show from our booth. The idea sounded innocently fun at 9:30 in the morning, before I had my coffee.
I put on my best “serious journalist” face (required: squinty eyes and permanent look of concern) and attempted to imbue the most banal statement with great importance (a combo of long pauses and squinty eyes here do the trick).
Check it out for yourself below as I give an “insightful” report on what you should look for in a data center, with a special bonus interview with The Planet’s Jeff Reinis. Meanwhile, I’ll be huddled in my cube, cringing from embarrassment … while Kevin cackles with evil glee on the other side of the partition.
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Warning: There’s a lot of unchecked hostility in this post/video toward an innocent-ish Web Hosting Evangelist.
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I think Reinis memorized his lines. I think this was staged!
April 26th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
how annoying…..
April 29th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Sal, You’ve got to be a little more specific with your feedback. Generally stating criticism not linked directly to any content is as much SPAM as it is constructive.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Sorry Kevin, the constant giggle is like nails on a chalkboard.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
That’s more my fault than it is Katie’s… I doubt she thought we’d actually post this, so she tried to be as cheesy as she could and subsequently couldn’t keep from laughing.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Oh I don’t know, Sal… I rather enjoyed the video. The laughing just makes it a bit more personal.
On a more serious note, though, Katie did bring up some good points about an IT infrastructure provider checklist … I’m going to make a quick post with my own recommended checklist. Be on the lookout.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:05 pm
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