Because I have a few products that I helped out with demoing at CES, I have been following news about it.
Always interesting news. The biggest TV. The next big download tv/movies center. And other shiny gadgets that most of us won’t see.
But then there was the prank by Gizmodo. Dubbed, the meanest thing that Gizmodo did at CES.
Sure, it’s funny that you got a remote to turn off TVs on the wall of display. And another to turn off the TVs during a gaming session while players look at their own screen. But it’s not funny to do it during an important presentation demoing a new product.
It’s really not funny to be suddenly experience problems during a presentation. And having been a presenter myself…when the slides go down, it’s not cool. Especially when it’s something that’s caused by an audience member.
One wrinkle to the story I heard is that presenter did the same five minute presentation a hundred times during the show. People, including myself seem to first think it was like a keynote presentation, which would make gizmodo major jerks.
So if it’s true it was one of a hundred presentations, I’m gonna cut them some slack and smile at the whole thing.