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.
