This was the tenth time Bill gave the keynote address at CES, but the first time I’d ever had the chance to go watch in person. Frankly, the 3 hours we spent just sitting in lines was enough of a disincentive to do it again next year, especially since the event was so well covered by others. Also, as Richard MacManus’ tag cloud shows, the content at the keynote was fairly, well, predictable. As a plus, I got to spend a lot of that time (and much of Monday as well) talking with Ron Dave Winer. Here’s a quick video of the line(s) of folks waiting to enter, then actually pouring into the auditorium.
All my pictures from the keynote are on Flickr.
We entered the theater at 5:30pm, Bill didn’t go on until 6:30. This left us with two entertainment options:
![IMG_2389 clowns](https://i0.wp.com/farm1.static.flickr.com/126/355157385_5cbd227ad7_m.jpg?resize=240%2C203)
or
![IMG_2410 ron trying to hear mac](https://i1.wp.com/farm1.static.flickr.com/150/355157559_247c052adb_m.jpg?resize=240%2C239)
Ugh.
![IMG_2433 bill gates on stage](https://i0.wp.com/farm1.static.flickr.com/133/355158397_37ecd9140f_m.jpg?resize=240%2C233)
That’s a lot less than I’d expect from a visionary.