{"id":2568,"date":"2008-05-29T08:49:53","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T15:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2008-05-29T13:14:24","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T20:14:24","slug":"all-things-barged-day-2-the-d6-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=2568","title":{"rendered":"All Things Barged Day 2: The D6 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"303320688<\/a>Last night while The Wall Street Journal’s<\/strong> Walt Mossberg<\/a><\/strong> and Kara Swisher<\/a><\/strong> were interviewing their new boss News Corp.<\/strong> CEO Rupert Murdoch<\/a><\/strong> in Carlsbad’s Aviara Grand Ballroom, we were kicking back in the lobby bar listening to the cool jazz sounds of San Diego’s Keni Yarbro<\/strong> and waiting to see what kind trouble we could get into. Only moments before we arrived at The Four Seasons<\/a><\/strong> Valleywag.com’s<\/a><\/strong> Owen Thomas<\/strong> had been thrown out of the hotel entirely<\/a><\/strong>, so we realized anything was possible.<\/p>\n

Each year, when the All Things D Conference<\/a><\/strong> comes to Carlsbadistan<\/em>, we try to see how deep we can barge<\/a><\/strong>. This year, things went shockingly smoother. The first person we saw when walking into the lobby was Gizmodo.com<\/a><\/strong> editor Brian Lam<\/strong> hurrying into the conference center. Then, after running into Facebook<\/a><\/strong> CEO Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> and social media marketing pro Rodney Rumford<\/a><\/strong> we decided to try rolling into the “Nightcap Gathering.” No luck. Security stopped us at the entrance. Badges? Apparently, we needed stinking badges.<\/p>\n

On returning to the bar and telling our story of woe, a kind PR wizard from an unnamed search giant leaned over. “You need a badge?” he said. “Here, use mine. Just bring it back in 10 minutes. . . . and don’t say anything to the press.”<\/p>\n

\"Img<\/a>And just like that we were sipping free champagne in a room full of sweaty tech geeks who had been sitting in their dress slacks for 14 hours. Let just say there was a lot of “bad air” in that room. If not for the pouring talents of Aviara’s Julie and Cindy we don’t know what we would have done.<\/p>\n

On the way out we saw Techcrunch.com’s<\/a><\/strong> Michael Arrington<\/strong> talking in the corner, but he seemed too busy ruling the tech blog world, so we didn’t bother him.<\/p>\n

For a look at all the media that All Things D<\/strong> brings Carlsbad, just click here<\/a><\/strong>. It is astounding.<\/p>\n

Follow the jump for all our photos of the evening.<\/p>\n


\n(Click the photos to see them full size)<\/p>\n

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\nD6 Conference hosts Kara Swisher<\/strong> and Walt Mossberg<\/strong> of The Wall Street Journal<\/strong>. It was 11:54 PM and after a day spent interviewing some of the biggest brains in business they were still gracious enough to pose for a photo.<\/p>\n

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\nFacebook<\/strong> CEO Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> and Solana Beach’s social media marketing guru Rodney Rumford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\nA room full of guys who have been sitting indoors way, way, too long.<\/p>\n

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\nBut Julie and Cindy more than made up for it. . .<\/p>\n

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\nWe were not surprised at all to find that HP sponsors the guys from American Chopper<\/a><\/strong>. Only a PC user could build something this jacked up and be proud of it.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is the badge that made it all possible. The name and company have been removed to protect the guilty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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