It's official. We're already counting down. On July 20, 2009, we will kick off the third annual Plaid summer tour. PlaidNation 2009 will take place in the midwest.

We haven't yet planned a route - so if you live in the land-locked states and would like a visit from Plaid, just let us know. (darryl AT thinkplaid DOT com)

We've got a vanload of super cool ideas for PlaidNation III that we're nearly wetting our pants to tell you about. But we'll have to wait. Until at least 2009. Start paving the roads, mid-westerners. Plaid is coming to town. » Continue reading



The van has been de-plaided and returned to Avis (what they don't know won't hurt them) and the Plaid team has returned home to rest and empty their inboxes.

We're uploading final photos in the next few days, editing a couple of final videos for the dashboard, and then we start putting together the details for next year. We've already got a load of fun ideas to push the tour past anything that's ever been done. Just wait for 2009!

Thanks to everyone who wrote about the tour, emailed, tweeted or called us with input and accolades, and especially to those on the west coast who graciously gave us their time.

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No kidding. Deals may get done over drinks and strip clubs, but when it comes to having to get some work done in the room, not havin it. Yeah, I know Vegas ain’t for work, but when your flight is cancelled and you decide to catch up on some posts and stuff, it quickly becomes a PITA. It’s not just Vegas either. A few extra plugs close to a table makes a big difference in half the places we stayed. An ice machine less than an hour away would be nice too. And of course, wireless.

It’s easy to take that last one for granted, but it’s still an iffy proposition at many places on the road. If we didn’t have the USB sprint cards, we would’ve easily lost a third of our uploading ability at night. It’s ironic the first time on tour we stay at a motel hotel and there’s no wireless, only an ethernet connection on some sort of vaccum cleaner cord Retract-O-Matic thing. (You can see how far it reached in the photo, just to the right of the laptop.)

Just close enough for me to work on some chairs and peer out at the future Darwin Award winners poolside.
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Now there’s a guy with a call to action. Snapped quickly as we walked by with an iPhone was one of the people in the ‘old’ Vegas casino area responsible for saving Vegas and mankind, possibly in that order. He’s probably known as ‘The Jesus Guy’ by locals. The sign in his right hand has a list of everyone Jesus hates. The usual suspects like: Homosexuals, Muslims, bloggers, etc. Say what you will, but the overall messaging is direct. And with two foot letters, he didn’t have to shout a single word. (He also had Jesus schwag like flyers and shirts.) Always be branding people! » Continue reading

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