Behind the Scenes at CES 2012

apoppin · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:16 am

i had a pretty good - if totally exhausting - 2-1/2 days at CES; doing really important things for ABT's future. i met really cool people there and hopefully we connected meaningfully so as to continue and in some cases build new relationships between media (us at ABT) and vendors (who supply the review materials and who also need publicity and feedback from the evaluations).

i met Andy at one of Nvidia's events in '08 and he is a source of wisdom in the tech world. One of my most important conclusions came after seeing him again at the OWC booth (this guy is good; he got one of his account's products featured on Good Morning America during CES!). And i think that this sums up my article:

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Before we left CES we just had to meet up again with Andy Marken at OWC's booth. Andy is a weekly ABT guest contributor of his insightful Content Insider, one of the latest of which was devoted to trade shows, Holiday + Shows + The Internet + Publicists = lethal mixture.

Andy Marken was recently interviewed about "Marketing at CES" and it is well worth listening to....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI3JH81m ... 1OZxQIkmod

Andy gives the real reason that companies, attendees and the media go to CES year after year. It is almost ironic. With all of the latest and greatest communication-related technology on the planet gathered in one place, people go specifically to connect face to face with each other.

Here is Andy's own wrap up; and he has been going to CES much longer than i have although i did go in 1978 to Winter CES. Notice how Andy managed to use the "what stays in Vegas" theme that i also used

"CES … It’s a Show, It’s Biz, Live with It"
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/ces-its- ... ve-with-it

apoppin · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:53 pm

i could just tell this was going to happen .. that's why i had to take the pic and comment on the scaled down size of Kodak's booth
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... smartbrief
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/ ... ankruptcy/

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Eastman Kodak, the 131-year-old film pioneer that has been struggling for years to adapt to an increasingly digital world, filed for bankruptcy protection early on Thursday.

The American icon had tried a number of turnaround strategies and cost-cutting efforts in recent years, but the company — which since 2004 has reported only one full year of profits — ultimately ran short of cash . . .

Citigroup is providing Kodak with $950 million in financing to allow the company to keep going. Kodak plans to continue operating normally during bankruptcy.

The company will also seek to continue selling a portfolio of 1,100 digital imaging patents to raise cash for its loss-making operation

They are also suing Samsung.

SickBeast · **Joined:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:57 pm **Posts:** 3987

These tech companies all seem to be suing each other. It's so stupid.

AFAIK traditional film is still used within the film industry and it costs a *lot* of money.

Kodak looked like they just became complacent. Their digital cameras were terrible.

apoppin · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:48 pm

i know about their awful cameras. All of the pics that i shot at CES were with a Kodak camera on auto settings in poor lighting

BoFox · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:02 pm

The new Sony Cybershot is awesome with poor lighting. Only the reds (near the infrared spectrum) and the purples (near the ultraviolet spectrum) are still lacking.

apoppin · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:04 pm

i promise to upgrade my camera before the next CES .. especially if Sick Beast's prediction comes true about ABT becoming an elite tech site

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