CES Note

My company did very well at CES this year. Our digital radio technology was mentioned by Ford in its keynote presentation and received front page coverage and some TV interest as well attention from a lot of reporters and analysts and the general people who come to our new booth in the Central Hall to learn more about real time traffic and other features.

The show is still going on; but I don't work on Saturdays and came home last night. Hurray! The crowds were smaller than last year, but not dramatically lower...at least, not empirically. I was very pumped at the show. So many nifty gadgets and enthusiasm for the capabilities of future products. It's challenging coming home to friends telling me about lay offs and work-place issues. But I really believe we have to be positive or we'll make the financial situation worse.

Vegas itself is facing a lot of challenges. Billion-dollar projects have been scaled back or cancelled. I stayed at Treasure Island, which was just sold by MGM/Mirage to help pay for it colossal City Center project. There is one particially built structure that has been haulted, where the Frontiere used to be, i think.

For that matter, we have a hole for sale in Bethesda, where someone started building a house and just stopped, leaving a gapping dig site.

I've put up a slide show that CES posted about photos from the show. It's in my left column