First impression
Don Day April 14th, 2008
This is my first trip to NAB/RTNDA. The NAB convention floor is overwhelming - and there are probably dozens of blog items to be pulled out. The RTNDA exhibits - a short walk away at the Las Vegas Hilton took me about 5 minutes to walk through. Many of the two dozen or so exhibitors looked like they were ready to fall asleep - and they weren’t particularly engaging (maybe it’s because I look like a student with my flip flops and MacBook-carrying backpack…) The booths don’t really add anything about the companies that I couldn’t learn on their respective websites. The NAB side is packed with gadgets, gizmos, demonstrations and energy. Why not just push the two events together as one and do away with the distinction between them?
3 Comments Add your own
1. Anonymous | April 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Andy why exactly would NAB want to worsen their event by embracing dull boring snobs?
2. Randall | April 14th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
For many years, RTNDA had its own convention every fall. The last one scheduled in that format was due to start a few days after 9/11 and ever since it has been in partnership with the NAB event.
While NAB is mainly known for the show, RTNDA is known for the workshops. Since some exhibitors target their products to the news broadcasters, the separate hall gives them a place to present their wares without the craziness of the NAB show floor.
3. Joel | April 14th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Like you, this is my first trip to NAB, and I’m disappointed and wishing I would have done the Web 2.0 conference next week in SF. In all honesty, I feel like reading blogs like this are much better than attending super huge shows like NAB. I don’t want to sound like a big downer, not all was bad, the Adobe booth was informative and I learned more from their demonstrations than the $600 web production workshop I convinced my company I needed. I’ll give it another try on Tuesday.
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