It was not so much a great day in my humble opinion. Having attended the PNME (podcast & New Media Expo) 2006 where Leo Laporte would gather a crowd that would be standing room only at any given time, this year there were about 20 people standing around him watching him and Amber MacAurther recording a live TWIT event. What is up with that?

The number of booths for the PNME on the Exhibit floor has dwindled as well, by half from 2 years ago in my estimation.  The two sessions that I attended today were less than 1/2 full if even that. A good crowd of 50-60 I would say, but not what I expected.

I wonder if Las Vegas actually over shadowed the Expo. Many fellow podcasters brought their spouses as did I, and it may be that when not attending a session, they are, like me, sight seeing. Boy is there a lot to see here, and my wife is not into podcasting but is into the casinos. Well, more for the architecture and sights rather than the gambling. I have dropped a few dollars into the coffers of the Luxor, New York New York, and Excalibur.

Vegas is bigger than itself I think eclipsing everything around it. And it is just getting bigger. There is so much construction going on here it is ridiculous. There are literally dozens of  tower cranes building several more high rise hotels, casinos and condos here. There must be about a BILLION dollars in construction going on at least.

But I digress, the NME might be having its last hurrah this year. Could having the Expo at a place that has more to do on the outside even with 100+F heat than in the Expo be worth it? With what I have seen so far I can not see myself attending another Podcast Expo, which is sad as I love seeing all these great people. Let’s hope Friday and Saturday are better attended than today. For podcasting’s sake.

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