Explicitly and without apology a marketing vehicle MaryMaryQuiteContrary

ok, you guys...

i got so much to tell you...but there is so little time...

quick things you've got to do so you'll be up-to-speed for next time...
1. Check out the Network Computing quarterly launch event. (web)
2. Get all the details on the huge big announcements today.
3. Check out computing pay-per-use cycles

and when we synch up again we can chat about all the stuff that's going on over here. hot techno celeb sightings. plenty of scoop. i just don't have time to write up at this veyr minute.

Because I'm late. Right now, I've got to boogy over to the hotel and change. Big Techno Celeb party tonight! Everybody who's anybody is going to be there.

i've got the camera!

this is going to be such fun.

mary

Jonathan Schwartz challenged employees -- all of us -- to innovate in everything we do.

He challenged us to make everything we do a competitive differentiator.

Let me show you how the top tier professionals that make up the ranks of our PR organization do this.



So we've got members of the press here at this event in NY.

They need press kits -- containing copies of the press releases we released today.

Check out what our press kits look like.




USB drives. The press kit is loaded onto the USB drive. No paper.

We innovate around here, people. We innovate with our spectacular portfolio of products. We innovate with break-through business models. We innovate with creative marketing programs. We innovate in everything we do. Everything.

Here's a USB drive ...



....plugged into the laptop of a reporter who was here to cover the event.

Message to our competitors: go ahead; imitate. You guys are good at that.

(but you really can't, can you? you don't have an operating system.  Solaris, Solaris, Solaris)

We innovate around here. And when you imitate our innovation, we consider that the sincerest form of flattery.

mary

Is this a legal spot?



New Yorkers can dial 311 to find out. This service provides New York city with an easy way to obtain important non-emergency services through one central, all-purpose phone number, quickly and effectively.

Guess what?

Powered by Sun.

So let's just take a look-see...

cette place, est-elle legale?



je crois que...



...non.

that's New York for you.

:-)

mary

be still my beating heart.

Laura is here.



i got all neverous.

that's why the picture's a little blurry.

my hands were shaking.

mary

So we had a little issue this morning. I didn't bring the charger for my Java Powered mobile phone with me to NY.

I had to buy one. ($25.99; what a racket)

Every cloud has a silver lining -- I made two new friends...

meet...



Dante...

and



Jay!

(Exist Mobile; 25 East 17th Street; it's the MaryMaryQuiteContary preferred mobile phone charger supplier)

Hey, what's Jay got in his hands there??



It's Java Powered stickers. Jay (and Dante) happen to be selling loads and loads of Java Powered phones over there at Exist Mobile, my preferred mobile phone charger supplier.

He said he'd stick the sticker on his very own personal phone.

pretty neat, eh?

now all we need to work on is the rest of the inventory.

i got lots of stickers.

;-)

mary

p.s. Dante... he's a Java developer. Queens College. It's all about the Java platform at Queens College.

So i'm staying in an unbelievable dump of a hotel here in NY.

It's disappointing and kind of yucky. but it's going to make for a great story.

The entire city is sold out. There is not a hotel room to be had on this island. (UN General Session).

So unless I'm prepared to sleep underneath the late summer sky on a park bench, there's really not a lot I can do about it.

And guess what? This whole situation translates into an opportunity for you.

That's right, you.

I will be sending some really hot free stuff -- including but not limited to ....



a leather encased USB drive and the entirety of all the free stuff that I'm able to secure here in NY.

And it goes to the person who can guess what it costs to stay in this NYC dump of mine. Whoever comes closest to the actual price without going over, wins. Post your guesses as comments to this blog entry. Sun employees can play, but aren't eligible for any prizes.

OK. Join me for a tour of the dump...

To get there....


...you go down this really dimly lit hallway... (it looks bright because of the flash on the camera; which sent some critters scattering when it went off)...

let me show you my favorite part of my hotel room....



... the sink in the closet.

I also have....


... air conditioning to keep me cool....

or i can use the....



phone books provided by the establishment to keep the window open for a bit of fresh air...

of course, it wouldn't be a NY dump if it didn't have one of these...



person who comes closest to guessing how much it's costing me (Sun, actually) to stay here wins a bunch of free stuff. Remember, you can't go over. It's closest without going over.

guess away!

mary

p.s. pls guess in US dollars