Carlton Reid showed up early in Vegas and attended Blog World Expo, the show for bloggers and other Web 2.0 nerds and geeks. He writes:
Weirdly, I met loads of folks into bikes. OK, there were lots of fatties at the show but there also lots of fitties.
n a seminar entitled ‘Beyond Adsense: Exploration of Practical Monetization Streams’, Jason Billingsley of ecommerce software vendor Elastic Path Software used the following example for a niche that could make money: bicycle maintenance videos. For a second I thought I was at Interbike because, er, I make money from bicycle maintenance videos.
Read more at QuickRelease.TV. A lot of the Web 2.0 enabling technology and new media comes from bike friendly dense urban areas, so it’s probably no wonder that a lot of these guys know to ride bikes to get around. It’s cool to see them bringing their rides to the conferences and shows.