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Feb. 20, 2009 Post

Here's the The Lowdown from DNJournal.com! Updated daily to fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry!

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The Domainer Mardi Gras conference made its debut last night at the stylish Westin Canal Place Hotel on the southwestern edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans. The opening evening was devoted entirely to social events starting with a 5pm cocktail hour at the Westin.

Scene from the Domainer Mardi Gras welcoming cocktail party in New Orleans Thursday.

Attendees were warned to dress down for the cocktail hour because immediately after buses would be taking them to a traditional New Orleans crawfish boil - a unique dining experience that invariably leads to having your clothing spattered with juices from the local delicacy. 

With the help of Crawfish.com, 600 pounds of crawfish was served at last night's boil.

Soiled shirts are inevitable because eating crawfish requires that you twist the head off of the hapless crustacean (while their beady eyes are staring at you) in order to get to the juices and meat inside. Fortunately, for the squeamish among us, fried chicken was also available in an adjacent room (I prefer not having my food look at me when I am trying to eat it!)

The crawfish boil was a blast though - one of the many unique local traditions that make New Orleans one of the world's most fascinating cities. Of course another is the world famous Mardi Gras celebration that is in full swing here. Attendees got to see their first parades last night by walking just a block over from the crawfish boil to one of the key parade routes along St. Charles Avenue.

Mardi Gras celebrants (including many domainers) beg for beads 
during a parade on St. Charles Avenue last night.

The massive crowds in town for Mardi Gras contributed to a lot of late arrivals for the conference. Attendance was lighter than usual at the cocktail party but by the time the crawfish boil was in full swing the crowd had quadrupled. All hands should be on deck for the first full day of business today.

The highlight of the morning session will be the 11am keynote address from Louisiana State Representative Tim Burns who will talk about economic and political forces that will impact the domain space in 2009. After a luncheon (where Andrew Allemann and I will be speaking) there will be three afternoon seminars followed by a Bourbon Street Balcony Party scheduled to run from 5pm until 3am Saturday morning. In New Orleans they start their parties early and end them late!

This conference, being presented by Modern Domainer Magazine, is probably devoting  more time to social events than any that have gone before it. There is a lot of wisdom in that approach. Experienced show goers know that the best long term business relationships are cemented during the social events where people get to know each other personally. The friendships that develop often end up transcending business and that is the best "return on investment" you'll ever get.

I will have photos and highlights from today's events for you in this column tomorrow morning. Now it's time to get the the new day underway.

Looking down from our 24th floor room at the 
Westin Canal Place, a riverboat steams 
toward its dock on the Mississippi River.

(Posted Feb. 20, 2009)


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