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Promotional appearances Redux

Date: March 12, 2009 9:17 AM
Topic: Promotional appearances Redux

Pillot's got us doing so many promotional appearances that it's
becoming way too confusing to keep up.

Bill didn't know that Austin was a freebee: he called to say the club
wasn't providing congas. Well, duh...they're not providing jack shit,
so to speak. So we're spending close to $3k on transportation and
lodging for a YepRoc showcase. I guess the rest of the guys ought to
know this, too.

The 'West Coast' trip is coming together. I call it that because we
end up on the west coast, though we start in Colorado.

I've implemented TripIt.com into our itineraries. It's a handy web-
based application that I can put together all of our travel
information into one place. Now the group can access all of the
travel info, so they don't have to ask me questions. Also, it's
proven to be really handy for me when I book rooms: I can see if I've
made any mistakes.

I don't know: there's a lot of stuff to learn out there, and the stuff
out there is very useful, and I'm getting older, so the more I know,
the easier it'll be to keep on track.

Time to go to work.

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