Well, gang- I've been to three expos in the last month, and to be honest I'm a little burned out! FOSE is about tech, with a government spin, NMFT is a facilities and operations expo, and AHR was all heating & AC related.
I couldn't imagine doing this for a living, or standing in a booth in a different city every week, but I've seen some overlap and that must be what these people do.
"Hi, have you ever heard of our xyz widget?"
"No, I haven't"
"well, our widget can do ABC PDQ!"
"Wow, I never knew I needed to do ABC, and I certainly didn't know it needed to be PDQ"
I guess I sound cynical, but I get a sense that the nation is broke, and we're all just showing each other stuff that neither of us is going to buy.
I've made some pretty cool contacts, discovered some pretty cool technologies, but the wide-eyed wow factor has 'got up and went.'
I think it might be wise to continue down the path we're blazing, and just keep flying under the radar, and when things snap back, I can stand in the room and say "what, you didn't see me coming?"
I'm thinking I should hire someone to work the expos next year!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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