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PubCon 2009 - in Vegas Baby!

I just got into Vegas yesterday for PubCon - a Webmaster World search engine marketing conference.

I'm trying a little experiment this time in Vegas. In the past, my visits to Vegas for conferences have been for a company, like Microsoft or Interwoven, and I've usually stayed in a really nice hotel like the Venetian or MGM Grand. Since many people from the same company go they negotiation a really good group rate at these nicer places.

This year I'm paying my own way, and a friend gave me a tip - I'm staying at the Sahara for $25/night. That sounded too good to pass up, so between my $25/night hotel and $119 flight on Virgin America, I'm traveling in style on a budget!

So far the Sahara is not bad - it is certainly no Venetian but I'll let you know how it all turns out.

OK, time to plan my sessions for tomorrow at PubCon...

             
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Talk about a powerful partnership...

Look at this placement for the Verizon Droid. I wonder how many clicks they got today!

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Hasta la Vista, baby: Ars reviews Windows 7 - Ars Technica

A thorough review of Windows 7, along with an insightful history of Windows over the last 10 yrs:


http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/reviews/2009/10/windows-7-the-review.ars


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Look what I got in the mail today

Windows 7. I'll let you know when I get it installed!

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Reading Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuck. Will let you know how it is...

I'm only on page 40 - but it's got me super fired up so far!

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Capitola Morning

       
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I'm at TechCrunch 50 today - very exciting!

     
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Facebook light

How does everybody like the new Facebook Lite? (http://lite.facebook.com)

I like it a lot - it removes a bunch of the extra stuff that I don't use. I like the simplicity. It feels a little more like Twitter. 

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The Apple Store in Valley Fair Mall is *jammed* today

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Ten Commandments of Visual Thinking

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This is a great guide on visual thinking. I've got his book - Back of the Napkin - and it is excellent too.

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