Communication, Community, Gnomedex, Media Blog

What Does Gnomedex Swag Look Like?

Aug 24, 2009 | One Comment

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The night before Gnomedex started this year, about 40 people gathered at my house to finish up last-minute details. One of the things that had to be done was to assemble the swag bags that attendees receive. My assistant Kat had [...]

Business, Communication, Education, Financial, Gnomedex, Microsoft

Sponsors Should Embrace Freedom, not Fear It

Jul 23, 2007 | 3 Comments

I appreciate the motivation behind the “shooting yourself in the foot” intercession, but there are a few things you gotta understand about the way my mind works (specifically, in this space). ;) I am not paid by political organizations, nor would I wish to be (ever). This is where most of the controversy arises. I [...]

Media, Microsoft

Windows Vista TV Commercials

Jan 29, 2007 | 39 Comments

DUDE! MAKE THEM STOP! SERIOUSLY, THESE ARE EMBARASSINGLY BAD. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO USE MY CAPS LOCK KEY TO CONVEY JUST HOW MUCH OF A WASTE OF MONEY THIS WAS. I’m sorry. I’m watching Comedy Central right now, with Windows Vista (apparently) sponsoring the hour of standup (even though Scrubs was scheduled to [...]

Gnomedex, Hardware, Microsoft

Gnomedex Diamond Sponsorship

May 24, 2006 | 4 Comments

Microsoft is this year’s Gnomedex Diamond Sponsor. We’re involving various departments, and Ponzi has a handle on all of that. I’m not sure if they’re going to be announcing anything this year or not, though. We certainly couldn’t be doing Gnomedex without the support of them and other top-level sponsors (like Yahoo!, who’s come in [...]