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While we’re in Austin we’d love to connect with you, whether you’re attending SXSW or not. If you’re a Griffin friend we want to buy you a drink and meet you in person, or see you again for that matter.
Join Dave (that’s me!) and Cameron at our SXSW tweet up on Saturday, March 13th at 3pm. Full details and RSVP information is available here.
Don’t forget to follow us for updates on Twitter @griffintech and on Britekite!
Next week we’ll be hoping on a flight to Austin for the South by Southwest Interactive conference, of course we’d prefer to be driving there 
.
This will be my third time heading to Austin to attend the biggest interactive conference in the world. Can you tell I’m excited?
I’m even more excited, because I’ve teamed up with Kurt Daradics to host a Core Conversation called RoadTwip. This will be a casual, open discussion about integrating social media into your road trips, and connecting offline and in person with your online friends. Please be sure to add it to your schedule. We hope to see you there!
Kurt will talk about his experience with friends, Jolie O’Dell and Jonathan Dingman from their RoadTwip across much of the country last year. It’s actually how I met them! There’s a great story about the trip in ReadWriteWeb as well.
I’ll be speaking about our recent CES Bound Las Vegas road trip, and how we tapped into location-based social networks to stay connected with you along the way. There’s a fun interview with Andrew Fowler and I on Newsvetter today.
If you’re a road trip expert or novice, we’d love for you to join this lively discussion. You’ll walk away with new ideas on how to hit the road, stay connected and build relationships along the way. It’s going to be fun.
Add RoadTwip to your SXSW calendar now, before you forget. You can also RSVP on Facebook to see who else is going to be there and to share it with your friends.
See you next week!
On December 30th we departed Nashville on a trip of a lifetime. I’m so proud to tell you that together we restored a 1972 VW bus, affectionately now known as Double Nickels.
I hope you were following along on our CES Bound blog, as we rumbled down the great roads of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada. If you weren’t you really need to stop reading this post and head over there now, it’s fine, I can wait for you…
Oh good you’re back!
I’ve written before about how much I love working for Griffin, but this trip really took the cake. Can you picture cramming in a mini-bus with four of your co-workers for six days?
I enjoyed some of the questions I got at CES about our journey. A few people asked if we all slept in the bus together. I explained that while we all love each other, we don’t love each other THAT much. 
A highlight was driving down the Las Vegas strip yelling and waving to the people who were quick to laugh and wave back. People LOVE classic VWs. We even rolled up next to a couple of Sin City hipsters in a Lamborghini who I challenged to a race. The driver revved his engine and blast off ahead of us. The joke was on him when he was stuck at a light as we past him to make our turn. We won.
I explained to our CES visitors that we couldn’t find a parking spot for Double Nickels, so we decided to park her right in our booth! It was so much fun showing her off and seeing jaws drop when I explained how we drove her all the way to Vegas.
Another repeat joke was showing off the heating system, which consisted of five Snuggies that Jackie had customized for us. I randomly selected the pink one with peace signs, but my personal favorite was the leopard print with the bedazzled owl.
At night we could see our breath in the bus as we traveled through the desert – it was really cold in there! We even resorted to glove warmers to use in our shoes to keep our toes warm.
What now?
J. is spending the next two weeks putting together four final episodes of our CES Bound videos. You really should watch the previous ones for a laugh, they were so much fun to produce. The new ones will be posted on the CES Bound blog soon.
Most of Bradley’s photos are now available on Flickr, they are truly breathtaking. You really need to see them just for the unanimous favorite shot of Jackie with the Mexican wrestling mask in the desert – it’s a classic!
Mark begged to drive Double Nickels home, but we had to ship her back, because we have already spent so much time away from the office. Mark’s obsession with all things classic Volkswagen really helped to make this trip a reality.
Jackie is considering a full time job customizing Snuggies. We wish her luck.
Double Nickels is on route home to Nashville. She’s wrapped up warm on a flatbed, we’re expecting her here later this week. We can’t wait to see her!
Thank You!
If you came to one of our meet ups, we met you along the way or you visited our booth – thank you so much. Without you we wouldn’t have had nearly as much fun.
I want to thank Brightkite, Threadless and Sunbrella. The Brightkite map on the top of the CES Bound blog was a fun way for you to follow us along our journey. Threadless made some amazing tee shirts which we handed out along the way. Sunbrella supplied us with plenty of really awesome fabric which we made our pillows, seat covers and drapes from. Thank you all for your support.
I also want to sincerely thank everyone who helped rebuild Double Nickels and Griffin management for believing in us. Most normal companies never would have gone for something like this, I’m so happy I work where anything is possible.
The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is among the most important technology shows in the world. We’ve been going to CES for years and this is our second year as an exhibitor.
Every January thousands of people head to Las Vegas for CES because it’s the largest consumer electronics show in the US. Attendees are eager to see the newest innovations and try out all the new gadgets that companies unveil at the show. Hall after hall of cool companies with new bits of tech entice us there every year too!
We’re so excited that we’ve decided to share a sketch of our booth with you. What do you think?
Rather than flying, we decided that it would be more fun to spend a few days on the road, meeting our friends along the way. Plus, we wanted the challenge of restoring an abandoned 1972 VW Westfalia. We think we’ve done a great job.
Be sure to check out cesbound.com to follow the antics from the road trip to Vegas. We hope to see you along the way!
If you are going to CES, be sure to pop by to see our new products, check out our sweet Westy and say hello. Did I mention an exciting announcement too?
We’ll be in the North Hall at booth #4006. See you there!
Who are you? Arielle Cavazos
Where are you from? Bakersfield, CA
What’s your day job? College Student
What’s your device of choice (iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.)? iPhone 3GS
Blog http://www.supersonikreviews.com
Twitter http://twitter.com/supersonik90
What was your first Griffin product? Wave case for iPhone 3G
What’s your all time favorite Griffin product? Why?
I would have to say griffin reveal! i cannot wait to get my hands on those colored reveals and the sketch case for nano 5g! love griffintech
Thanks Arielle!
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