LAJ
06-17-2008, 02:19 PM
WHOOOOO HOOOOO! Part of me is happy that the 2008 Cybernet Expo has come and gone and part of me misses it already. The relief of getting an entire trade show off your plate is pretty amazing to say the least and judging by all of the positive feedback we’ve received on and off the boards, I would have to unabashedly say that the show proved to be a big success. Hell, at the very least someone is having fun in practically every picture I’ve seen so that should account for something.
I’m not big on shout outs cuz god knows it’s hard to find the time for them and it’s taken me two friggen days on and off revisiting this, and then there is always the possibility of leaving someone out accidentally so please spank me if you feel slighted in any way shape or form. With the industry suffering a bit here and there and proving that we might not actually be recession-proof after all, I think it’s high time a whole lotta love went out. This was a feel good show. Alright… before this turns into a “War and Peace” length post (too late), here goes…
For starters… the sponsors: AEBN, FlashCa$h, Naked Sword, DatingGold, RackCo, High Def Riches, Coremetrics, Attorney Eric Bernstein, HotMovies, GroobyBucks, FTVCash, Adult Paymaster, YappoDollars, Reliable Servers, BondageBank, Bone-Fish, Cybersocket, LinkBigger, Netbilling, Attorney Michael Fattorosi, Klixxx, Adultwhoswho, FUBAR, XBiz, AVN, Free Speech Coalition, CCbill, TheBestPorn, SoloSlutCash, CherryPimps, Adult Chamber, Badpuppy, Mediumpimpin, Oprano, Netpond, Adultinsider, AINews, Gay Mainstreet, Cozyfrog, Xnations, Weboverdrive, Industry Oldschool, GFY, AskDamageX, Theadultbroker, D-Money and Kink.com… holy SHIT thank you for your support. Please by all means feel free to get in touch with me and tell me what worked, what didn’t, and any additional thoughts you may have. I am happy to say that we have already penciled some of the companies in as sponsors for the 2009 show.
The speakers: One of my favorite jobs of Cybernet Expo is pulling together a team of 50+ people from the industry to speak on over a dozen panels and workshops. It’s like putting together a big puzzle. I think our educational program delivered the goods big time as always and I owe a debt of gratitude to all of the professionals who took the time out to share their knowledge to what was more often than not, a packed conference room.
And of course, the hotel. Such a damn pleasure working with the Golden Gateway. Pleasant, professional, lenient, responsible, attentive… on it goes. Makes a WORLD of difference when a place that can make or break you has your best interests in mind and does everything they can to accommodate. Imagine that! And yes we will work on the bar and room service hours for next year.
And now the personal shout outs!
Monica at Hotmovies – Thanks for dinner and thanks for your huge support of the show and the FSC Luncheon. You are truly one awesome gal.
Vegas Ken – Thanks for the tequila shots. You are truly one awesome dude.
JFK and baddog – GREAT coverage of the show as always. Baddog… it was very cool to catch up with you. We probably spoke more at this show than the previous years combined.
Rackco – Thanks for the suite party Dan, Kelly and Stephen. It was nice not having to be the one to kick everyone out of our suite for the closing night!
DirtyD and Jenni Dahling – The debauchery is never quite complete without you guys. Thanks for making the trek out.
Roxxie the Cyber-Dyke – Real pleasure getting to know you!
Nick and Chris at TSLife – Real pleasure getting to know you guys as well. I’ll be in touch this week.
VirtuMike and Gateway – I can’t fucking believe that we are all practically in the same weight class now. You guys look awesome.
Aura – You are gorgeous and a lot of fun. Thanks for making Cybernet your first show. I’ll be in touch about your involvement for next year!
Graciela and Tempting Peaches – Pleasure meeting you both!
Jeff and Stacie at Gamelink – You are stand up people and I’m glad we got time to hang out. I’ll be hitting both of you up this week to chat some more now that all the stress is behind me.
KB – You are a funny mofo. Good to see your crew hanging out in the YNOT suite. And I still think you need to upload that video onto You Tube.
Drunken Duncan – I appreciate your advice on the city you know so well. 21 club next time.
Ryulion – Major props to you for your support. I love ya like a brother from another mother but I gotta get a new XXXIronMan partner. You know how I feel about winning when competitive sports and silly games are involved. No hard feelings bro! I gotta go with Ivey Ames from Solo Slut Cash for summer Internext… which brings me to:
The Solo Slut Cash crew – Spike, Celeste, Claudia, Ivey, Alissa, Robbie, Jerry, Kristy and Karen. Holy shit did you guys BRING it. Never a dull moment and that’s the way I like it. I’m glad you came out in near full force and I’ll be in touch Celeste regarding potential business as promised.
CherryPimps – Rochard, Donna, Avalanche & Illeana. Pleasure seeing all of you as always and XXXIronMan was a blast! And I even behaved when we won the preliminaries and then lost the quarter-finals! Rochard, you look like a high school principal. I was actually scared.
Belinda and Spannow – Sorry you guys had to be on the receiving end of my antics when Ryulion and I finished you off in beer pong!
Cybersocket – Thanks much for your tons of support and the opening night party!
TrafficDude – Thanks much for your tons of support.
AK and Evil Angel Kristin – Pleasure competing against you guys. I’m actually happy we lost so that we could be spared the humiliation of losing in the finals!
Kat Sunlove – Glad we had some time to really chat this time around.
Dark Circus – Great meeting all you folks.
Craig Tant & Mary – I love you guys.
UC Berkeley guys – Great to have you at the show. Your experiments were a success.
The FFN’s! – Thanks for all of your long treks in and your bigtime support… especially Gonzo and Darci.
John & Karen Stagliano – What a terrific speech John. I couldn’t have been more thrilled that you folks could make it up to the show given your busy schedules. You guys are awesome. Karen, I’ll be in touch with you soon regarding promotion for http://www.defendourporn.org
Darklady, Eric Bernstein, Honelynn, Shane and Frankie from Radio Dentata, Colin Rowntree – Can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am for your help with registration and attendee bags. You guys totally rock.
Marc Womack – You are the man. Totally appreciate your help with the Tuesday workshops and for taking over the party from the YNOT suite with Colin when I had to get to bed so that I’d have a prayer of being able to get an early start of yet another day of running around.
Lyndi – My ass still hurts from where you kicked it.
Kink.com – Describing the armory and how awesome the Kink in the Kastle party was would be like trying to describe the Grand Canyon to someone. Words don’t do it justice… you just simply had to BE THERE. Big thanks as well to Coremetrics and Stockroom.com for supplying the food, beverage and the ride to this legendary party. Terry, John, Peter, Michael, Chandra, Daniel… the Kink list goes on. You people are all a total class act. Michael, we’ll be in touch about some biz and Chandra, you are going in the hot tub next time! Funny thing is, at one point I found myself in the hot tub alone with 3 other dudes in various states of undress (I think the most heavily dressed one had glasses on only). It didn’t bother me in the least, but before you get any crazy thoughts… no, the hot tub did not look like a big steaming bowl of egg drop soup when I left.
D$ - Doooood… The Rock The Ball was my favorite event you have ever thrown. Smash up Derby were awesome and adding the Asian Diva Girls was a brilliant touch. When I looked around and saw how much fun everyone was having at the Red Devil Lounge… I didn’t know if I wanted to cry or shit myself. So I took the safe route and drank and danced with April from AEBN and HoneLynn instead.
Diane Duke – The FSC luncheon was awesome. Really just kicked ass to see large groups of every walk of life in our biz sitting in circles and hashing stuff out.
Bruce / Hothardcash – Thanks for the good word on things and hopefully we’ll talk some biz soon when I’m unburied!
KevinG – I always enjoy hanging with you. I don’t smoke cigars anymore but I will burn one with you in Florida!
CamZ crew – Thanks for running the Angel island Segway tour… nice touch on opening day.
AVN Chris – I really look forward to kickin things up a few notches with ya bro.
XBiz – We really appreciate all the great show coverage you gave us and it was a pleasure talking to all of you… Tom, Anne, Kristen, Stephen and Dawn. Happy Bday again Anne, and the Vegan restaurant ROCKED. Glad to be a party of the celebration.
Ex – xxxbiztv Claire – Well I’d call you Banana Claire (as show photos when they surface will support that), but then again I wouldn’t want the owner of Chiquita or Dole to come here in a few months and sue you! So I’ll just call you Claire and thank you for your huge support of our show and our great conversations. Too little time, so we’ll make up for it at the Florida Internext. You are a doll. And Shaun, real pleasure meeting you.
Dave Cummings – I finally got to make a sandwich with you. Amazing how 8 years ago I was just this skinny kid with wide eyes who couldn’t believe he was in the same room with Dave Cummings. Now I’m a fat adult with beady eyes who’s very happy to call you my friend for so many years.
Webbilling crew – Always a pleasure to see your smiling faces!
HoneLynn – I just wanted to give you a special shout out again for all you do. You deserve the best.
Naughty SEO – Please hit me up dude. Let’s get something going.
Gary at YNOT – Beautiful work on the Cybernet website and showguide design. A HUGE hit!
And last but definitely not least…
Connor Young – Dude. To say that you stepped the fuck up to make Cybernet Expo the best it could be this year and get a crash course on all of Fay Sharp and Dave Gould’s responsibilities for the last 10 years in a matter of months would be an understatement. You often tell me you couldn’t do what I do in this biz… well, that goes double the other way around. No… triple. Your work on the website, dealing with the hotel in every facet, contracts, numbers, payouts, vendors, temps, the show guide… the list goes on. You kicked serious ass.
And now my obligatory “No Thanks” goes to:
- The San Francisco airport for confiscating my fuckin 12-year old bottle of single malt scotch STILL IN THE BOX. Yeah I blame the terrorists and it was stupid of me to try I guess. And the guy who confiscated it felt really bad it seemed. I just only hope he respected my wishes and alerted a few maintenance guys as to which garbage can to raid later that day so that at least SOMEONE could enjoy the bottle.
- The people who canceled their hotel rooms at the last possible minute who knew well in advance that they weren’t coming. That is kinda rude.
- The few crashers at the show who didn’t feel it necessary to buy a badge and respect 10 months of our hard work. C’mon folks. That is stealing IMO.
Anywhooooooo… let’s end this on a very positive note with some pics courtesy of FUBAR!!
Welcome to CYBERNET EXPO!
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Where business and edumacation...
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http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/891/z04549.jpg
Meets debauchery...
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http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/884/z00388.jpg
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With no short supply of even more eye candy...
[img]http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/892/z04568.jpg
And yet even MORE eye candy...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/884/z00221.jpg
Where one good favor returns another...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/895/z10608.jpg
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/895/z10609.jpg
And hanging out with longtime friends...
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http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/893/z03280.jpg
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/897/z11330.jpg
And making new ones...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/884/z00378.jpg
Are all possible.
Have a great day!!
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/890/z10042.jpg
I’m not big on shout outs cuz god knows it’s hard to find the time for them and it’s taken me two friggen days on and off revisiting this, and then there is always the possibility of leaving someone out accidentally so please spank me if you feel slighted in any way shape or form. With the industry suffering a bit here and there and proving that we might not actually be recession-proof after all, I think it’s high time a whole lotta love went out. This was a feel good show. Alright… before this turns into a “War and Peace” length post (too late), here goes…
For starters… the sponsors: AEBN, FlashCa$h, Naked Sword, DatingGold, RackCo, High Def Riches, Coremetrics, Attorney Eric Bernstein, HotMovies, GroobyBucks, FTVCash, Adult Paymaster, YappoDollars, Reliable Servers, BondageBank, Bone-Fish, Cybersocket, LinkBigger, Netbilling, Attorney Michael Fattorosi, Klixxx, Adultwhoswho, FUBAR, XBiz, AVN, Free Speech Coalition, CCbill, TheBestPorn, SoloSlutCash, CherryPimps, Adult Chamber, Badpuppy, Mediumpimpin, Oprano, Netpond, Adultinsider, AINews, Gay Mainstreet, Cozyfrog, Xnations, Weboverdrive, Industry Oldschool, GFY, AskDamageX, Theadultbroker, D-Money and Kink.com… holy SHIT thank you for your support. Please by all means feel free to get in touch with me and tell me what worked, what didn’t, and any additional thoughts you may have. I am happy to say that we have already penciled some of the companies in as sponsors for the 2009 show.
The speakers: One of my favorite jobs of Cybernet Expo is pulling together a team of 50+ people from the industry to speak on over a dozen panels and workshops. It’s like putting together a big puzzle. I think our educational program delivered the goods big time as always and I owe a debt of gratitude to all of the professionals who took the time out to share their knowledge to what was more often than not, a packed conference room.
And of course, the hotel. Such a damn pleasure working with the Golden Gateway. Pleasant, professional, lenient, responsible, attentive… on it goes. Makes a WORLD of difference when a place that can make or break you has your best interests in mind and does everything they can to accommodate. Imagine that! And yes we will work on the bar and room service hours for next year.
And now the personal shout outs!
Monica at Hotmovies – Thanks for dinner and thanks for your huge support of the show and the FSC Luncheon. You are truly one awesome gal.
Vegas Ken – Thanks for the tequila shots. You are truly one awesome dude.
JFK and baddog – GREAT coverage of the show as always. Baddog… it was very cool to catch up with you. We probably spoke more at this show than the previous years combined.
Rackco – Thanks for the suite party Dan, Kelly and Stephen. It was nice not having to be the one to kick everyone out of our suite for the closing night!
DirtyD and Jenni Dahling – The debauchery is never quite complete without you guys. Thanks for making the trek out.
Roxxie the Cyber-Dyke – Real pleasure getting to know you!
Nick and Chris at TSLife – Real pleasure getting to know you guys as well. I’ll be in touch this week.
VirtuMike and Gateway – I can’t fucking believe that we are all practically in the same weight class now. You guys look awesome.
Aura – You are gorgeous and a lot of fun. Thanks for making Cybernet your first show. I’ll be in touch about your involvement for next year!
Graciela and Tempting Peaches – Pleasure meeting you both!
Jeff and Stacie at Gamelink – You are stand up people and I’m glad we got time to hang out. I’ll be hitting both of you up this week to chat some more now that all the stress is behind me.
KB – You are a funny mofo. Good to see your crew hanging out in the YNOT suite. And I still think you need to upload that video onto You Tube.
Drunken Duncan – I appreciate your advice on the city you know so well. 21 club next time.
Ryulion – Major props to you for your support. I love ya like a brother from another mother but I gotta get a new XXXIronMan partner. You know how I feel about winning when competitive sports and silly games are involved. No hard feelings bro! I gotta go with Ivey Ames from Solo Slut Cash for summer Internext… which brings me to:
The Solo Slut Cash crew – Spike, Celeste, Claudia, Ivey, Alissa, Robbie, Jerry, Kristy and Karen. Holy shit did you guys BRING it. Never a dull moment and that’s the way I like it. I’m glad you came out in near full force and I’ll be in touch Celeste regarding potential business as promised.
CherryPimps – Rochard, Donna, Avalanche & Illeana. Pleasure seeing all of you as always and XXXIronMan was a blast! And I even behaved when we won the preliminaries and then lost the quarter-finals! Rochard, you look like a high school principal. I was actually scared.
Belinda and Spannow – Sorry you guys had to be on the receiving end of my antics when Ryulion and I finished you off in beer pong!
Cybersocket – Thanks much for your tons of support and the opening night party!
TrafficDude – Thanks much for your tons of support.
AK and Evil Angel Kristin – Pleasure competing against you guys. I’m actually happy we lost so that we could be spared the humiliation of losing in the finals!
Kat Sunlove – Glad we had some time to really chat this time around.
Dark Circus – Great meeting all you folks.
Craig Tant & Mary – I love you guys.
UC Berkeley guys – Great to have you at the show. Your experiments were a success.
The FFN’s! – Thanks for all of your long treks in and your bigtime support… especially Gonzo and Darci.
John & Karen Stagliano – What a terrific speech John. I couldn’t have been more thrilled that you folks could make it up to the show given your busy schedules. You guys are awesome. Karen, I’ll be in touch with you soon regarding promotion for http://www.defendourporn.org
Darklady, Eric Bernstein, Honelynn, Shane and Frankie from Radio Dentata, Colin Rowntree – Can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am for your help with registration and attendee bags. You guys totally rock.
Marc Womack – You are the man. Totally appreciate your help with the Tuesday workshops and for taking over the party from the YNOT suite with Colin when I had to get to bed so that I’d have a prayer of being able to get an early start of yet another day of running around.
Lyndi – My ass still hurts from where you kicked it.
Kink.com – Describing the armory and how awesome the Kink in the Kastle party was would be like trying to describe the Grand Canyon to someone. Words don’t do it justice… you just simply had to BE THERE. Big thanks as well to Coremetrics and Stockroom.com for supplying the food, beverage and the ride to this legendary party. Terry, John, Peter, Michael, Chandra, Daniel… the Kink list goes on. You people are all a total class act. Michael, we’ll be in touch about some biz and Chandra, you are going in the hot tub next time! Funny thing is, at one point I found myself in the hot tub alone with 3 other dudes in various states of undress (I think the most heavily dressed one had glasses on only). It didn’t bother me in the least, but before you get any crazy thoughts… no, the hot tub did not look like a big steaming bowl of egg drop soup when I left.
D$ - Doooood… The Rock The Ball was my favorite event you have ever thrown. Smash up Derby were awesome and adding the Asian Diva Girls was a brilliant touch. When I looked around and saw how much fun everyone was having at the Red Devil Lounge… I didn’t know if I wanted to cry or shit myself. So I took the safe route and drank and danced with April from AEBN and HoneLynn instead.
Diane Duke – The FSC luncheon was awesome. Really just kicked ass to see large groups of every walk of life in our biz sitting in circles and hashing stuff out.
Bruce / Hothardcash – Thanks for the good word on things and hopefully we’ll talk some biz soon when I’m unburied!
KevinG – I always enjoy hanging with you. I don’t smoke cigars anymore but I will burn one with you in Florida!
CamZ crew – Thanks for running the Angel island Segway tour… nice touch on opening day.
AVN Chris – I really look forward to kickin things up a few notches with ya bro.
XBiz – We really appreciate all the great show coverage you gave us and it was a pleasure talking to all of you… Tom, Anne, Kristen, Stephen and Dawn. Happy Bday again Anne, and the Vegan restaurant ROCKED. Glad to be a party of the celebration.
Ex – xxxbiztv Claire – Well I’d call you Banana Claire (as show photos when they surface will support that), but then again I wouldn’t want the owner of Chiquita or Dole to come here in a few months and sue you! So I’ll just call you Claire and thank you for your huge support of our show and our great conversations. Too little time, so we’ll make up for it at the Florida Internext. You are a doll. And Shaun, real pleasure meeting you.
Dave Cummings – I finally got to make a sandwich with you. Amazing how 8 years ago I was just this skinny kid with wide eyes who couldn’t believe he was in the same room with Dave Cummings. Now I’m a fat adult with beady eyes who’s very happy to call you my friend for so many years.
Webbilling crew – Always a pleasure to see your smiling faces!
HoneLynn – I just wanted to give you a special shout out again for all you do. You deserve the best.
Naughty SEO – Please hit me up dude. Let’s get something going.
Gary at YNOT – Beautiful work on the Cybernet website and showguide design. A HUGE hit!
And last but definitely not least…
Connor Young – Dude. To say that you stepped the fuck up to make Cybernet Expo the best it could be this year and get a crash course on all of Fay Sharp and Dave Gould’s responsibilities for the last 10 years in a matter of months would be an understatement. You often tell me you couldn’t do what I do in this biz… well, that goes double the other way around. No… triple. Your work on the website, dealing with the hotel in every facet, contracts, numbers, payouts, vendors, temps, the show guide… the list goes on. You kicked serious ass.
And now my obligatory “No Thanks” goes to:
- The San Francisco airport for confiscating my fuckin 12-year old bottle of single malt scotch STILL IN THE BOX. Yeah I blame the terrorists and it was stupid of me to try I guess. And the guy who confiscated it felt really bad it seemed. I just only hope he respected my wishes and alerted a few maintenance guys as to which garbage can to raid later that day so that at least SOMEONE could enjoy the bottle.
- The people who canceled their hotel rooms at the last possible minute who knew well in advance that they weren’t coming. That is kinda rude.
- The few crashers at the show who didn’t feel it necessary to buy a badge and respect 10 months of our hard work. C’mon folks. That is stealing IMO.
Anywhooooooo… let’s end this on a very positive note with some pics courtesy of FUBAR!!
Welcome to CYBERNET EXPO!
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/884/z00223.jpg
Where business and edumacation...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/896/z04530.jpg
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/891/z04549.jpg
Meets debauchery...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/893/z10413.jpg
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/884/z00388.jpg
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/890/z03024.jpg[img]
With no short supply of even more eye candy...
[img]http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/892/z04568.jpg
And yet even MORE eye candy...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/884/z00221.jpg
Where one good favor returns another...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/895/z10608.jpg
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/895/z10609.jpg
And hanging out with longtime friends...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/888/z00668.jpg
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/893/z03280.jpg
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/897/z11330.jpg
And making new ones...
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/884/z00378.jpg
Are all possible.
Have a great day!!
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries/cybernet08/890/z10042.jpg