A Sad AFCEA TechNet
Usually AFCEA’s TechNet expo is one of the better tech focused shows in Hawaii. I said usually. Though focused on the DoD, lots of tech vendors come down and display their latest for anyone to see and learn. This year was sad. I didn’t see Microsoft or Apple. The crowd was dead according to the Tabasco Man, and the goodie schwag was at an all time low!
No fun or interesting freebies to take, mostly a bunch of pens and tote bags. Here ares the “highights” of what I found.
That’s a lighted keychain in the shape of a desktop VTC unit, a laser pointer/flashlight combo, an LED compact flashlight, and a squeezie black cube from Black Box (now I got my own Kaaba). Sad, right?
Oh, the one real highlight of the show was the free Haagen-Daz ice cream bars given away!
Props to SAIC for sponsoring at least three coolers of these treats for the event!
November 6, 2009 @ 7:34 am
You’re reporting these gifts on your ethics forms, right? 🙂
November 6, 2009 @ 8:23 am
Ethics? Sure… and I am fully disclosing these as a blogger.
November 6, 2009 @ 8:26 am
At least they got the Haagen Dazs right… dark chocolate with chocolate ice cream. Yum.
November 6, 2009 @ 8:31 am
No, *I* got that one right! 😉 Had several flavors. First the “server” told me dark chocolate but gave me a vanilla one. I went back and returned it for the dark chocolate bar.
Coulda had seconds… and thirds since had a few stations scattered around.