I woke up late Monday morning, after a long flight in from Reno, Nevada on Sunday night, thinking that I might have dreamt the last four days of my life. The smokey haze of the casino and constant ‘Ding Ding Ding’ of the slot machines has left me in a weird state. For the most part, the trip went well. The presentation went off without a hitch and we had 30 people in attendance which was a remarkable amount if you ask me ;). On the flip side of that, the mauve velvet bedspreads and room of mirrors that Grace, Katherine and I stayed in left much to be desired. I had Katherine photograph the railyard and scrap metal pile outside of our room … just in case any of us had any thoughts of ever returning to Reno again! For now, we have Burlington, Vermont to look forward to for next year’s AAA conference. In the meantime, I’ve got a few papers to get together.
If I’ve learned anything about casino towns it’s that no matter how much you win, you always leave with empty pockets.
And … a side note … who knew I was playing in Reno this weekend?
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Well folks, tomorrow I head to Reno, Nevada for the American Academy of Advertising Conference where Grace and I will be presenting a paper. It is a presentation on racial portrayals in Brazilian advertising and has gone over well during our two practice rounds in front of faculty and students at UT. I’m looking forward to presenting on Friday and then enjoying a weekend in Reno!
For now, I am going to hit the sack since I have to be on a plane at 6 AM. I’ll post more from the conference …
This post is coming to you from the SXSW Interactive Conference at the Convention Center in Austin. Ironically, I just attended a blogging panel that addressed the issues of merging personal and business identities through blogs that are accessible, for example, from the website your resume is on. So, hopefully this post won’t offend those I work with … Ben, I hope you’re listening ;).
The conference is absolutely packed this year. They have overflow rooms for when the keynote speaker rooms get too packed … it reminds me of the ‘Riff Raff’ room on the Ellen Degeneres show for folks who show up too late to be in the studio audience. Of course, I was in the Riff Raff room for today’s keynote because Rachel and I were enjoying margaritas at Manuel’s for lunch and got back late :). Needless to say, the margarita has made the spotty wireless access and huge crowd a bit more tolerable.
For now, I am going to stand in line for coffee and wait for the ‘Wisdom of a Crowd’ piece to start … it’s about Wikipedia and should be pretty interesting stuff. More later!