Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Vegas as a conference location

I've attended a number of conferences. If your spending all your time in sessions, the location is usually pretty generic. One airport, hotel, or restaurant is much like any other. Las Vegas is different. There is no forgetting where you are. From the moment you get off the airplane to the moment you step on it to go home, there are cassinos and slot machines everywhere.

The first (and last) are at the airport.

The rest are are between the elevator to your room and the restaurant, any restaurant, or anything else you might want to see or do.

And they go on forever. All the big hotels have a sea of slot machines with mesmerized patrons pushing button combinations to select their bid, and go.

You could easily get distracted by the flashing lights and spectacles and forget to leave the hotel. But walking the strip is an experience, too. From daytime when the grandeur of a recreated world reflects the desert sun, to nighttime when the lights and bling outside rival the the lights and bling inside.

My photos weren't this good. I visit free photo sites to scoop pictures worth spreading on the internet. There are a few good free photosites. Here are two sites where the photos are free, copyright-free, and royalty-free.

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