tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903909.post112250167251771038..comments2009-07-14T02:20:22.008+01:00Neal Romanekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113855829306499200nromanek@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903909.post-1122755833800161272005-07-30T21:37:00.000+01:002005-07-30T21:37:00.000+01:00Yes. Very good illuminating points there.<BR/><BR/>And to call something a "digital technology trade show" is, these days, meaningless. Any trade show at all, if it features any technology, is going to feature DIGITAL technology.Neal Romanekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113855829306499200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903909.post-1122750026526704972005-07-30T20:00:00.000+01:002005-07-30T20:00:00.000+01:00Hey Neal,<BR/>I'm going to disagree here and say that SIGGRAPH is not, in fact, "the best and largest digital technology trade show." SIGGRAPH is all about computer graphics. From input through output anything and everything to do with computer graphics is what you'll encounter at SIGGRAPH.<BR/><BR/>CES and NAB would qualify as "digital technology trade shows" and perhaps much more full service "digital technology trade shows" than SIGGRAPH could be. It's not just about technology. It has a lot to do with art and theory.<BR/><BR/>Also, I think you'll find that it's not primarily a trade show. It bills itself as conference and exhibition, which is more accurate. SIGGRAPH is not so much about selling and buying as it is about showing, seeing and learning. Indeed, it is a big even that happens in big convention halls much like a trade show, but if you've spent any time at SIGGRAPH you'll find that it's much more.<BR/><BR/>It's the one show that really has a distinct personality and it's a pretty nice one. Whereas E3 is the loud obnoxious guy that you can tolerate once a year, SIGGRAPH is the cool cousin, who's yearly visit you look forward to with anticipation.<BR/><BR/>If it sounds like I have some sort of queer obsession with SIGGRAPH, well maybe I do. It just seems to short sell the event to call it a digital technology trade show.<BR/><BR/>See you at the Convention Center.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981522725528145580noreply@blogger.com