Patrick Ross

Reflections on CES

I'm back from the Consumer Electronics Show, and am almost recovered from the overload of stimuli. I chronicled my time there on the PFF and IPCentral weblogs.

I observed that the IP debate is migrating to mobile devices, acknowledged that content and CE will have to find a way to work together, wrote about goofy predictions of the end of DRM in 2007, and noted that in fact DRM is alive and well and embraced by many in CE. I had some thoughts on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's remarks on network neutrality, wondered about the sense of proportion society places on technology, and shared my thoughts on Bill Gates' presentation as well as one of the silliest products I saw on display.

Heading off to the Consumer Electronics Show

I've been to some pretty big trade shows over the years, many of them in Las Vegas, but I've never been to the biggest of them all, CES. That's about to change. I'm off to join 150,000 or so of my closest friends in a town short on cabs on a slow day. I'll be filing blogs at the PFF and IPCentral sites, and will provide links to them from here. For now, you can read what I hope to find while I'm there.