[dnsworks]

Demoing at TC50 isn't really that prestigious. It's kind of gross actually. Last year's was bizarre, starting off with the star spangled banner being sung by attractive female founders made me feel somewhat dirty just being there. Then the companies.. Totally squicky. Hangout.net was one of the companies who couldn't stop saying "increase branding opportunities to children with product placement" over and over again. I imagined their CEO with a barbell mustache and a maniacal laugh every time he talked about putting Nike and PepsiCo logos in the game, and letting children buy those with their milk money and allowances. It actually made me want to never allow my daughter to use a computer.

To quote the Clash,

"If Adolph Hitler, flew in today.. They'd send a limousine anyways"