I evangelized for months last year for having our company at the first
of these consumer computer conferences in Des Moines
last October, but got shot down. The conference was a hit despite being
postponed by 9/11, and having to move the venue at the last minute. I
know… I was there. So, I'm starting all over again being “pushy”
about our presence at this event in August of this year.

Chris Pirillo, whose Des Moines-based commercial email publishing group
“Lockergnome” puts this conference together, is a friend of mine. He was
the “kid” (26 years old) hired by TechTV to host their Call for Help
daily TV program in SF starting last fall. If you get the Dish network
or Mediacom cable you can catch his show. I have my DishPlayer set up to
record his show on a daily basis. It's VERY well done, as is TechTV as a
whole.

Chris started what became the world's largest email newsletter in his
apartment in Ankeny as a recent University of Northern Iowa graduate in
1995. Lockergnome now publishes SIX daily email tech newletters,
produces a weekly tech radio show, and hosts the annual Gnomedex
“geekfest” computer conference… all out of Des Moines, Iowa.

The major sponsors last year were Microsoft and @Home. Not bad for
Gnomedex' first year! I think this is a rare opportunity for us.
Microsoft is back this year for round two, but obviously, @Home is not.

Thanks, Jon