I’ve had a rather busy week this week, so sorry for the lack of updates first of all…
I wrote a rather long column on bit-tech this week for those who didn’t see it. I basically go in to where I feel the state of UK trade shows are at right now, and where I think they should go. After all, it is about time someone, somewhere, came up with a project that would work. That means the necessary advertising with your target audiences in plenty of time for the event to be a success.
I’m not expecting anything quite on the scale of CeBit, because one of those shows is enough each year - it’s a long haul for those of you who have never been. I’m expecting something that will drive more interest in to the market on a large enough scale for consumers to want to go along and attend.
The two public days of CeBit were hugely busy, and it’s great news for the German hardware community. The UK needs something like that here, something to get more gamers interested in computer hardware, and to get more computer hardware enthusiasts in to gaming - you get the idea. There are some fantastic games out there at the moment, and they’re more often than not overlooked.
Maybe CTS could be turned in to something like this? Have a few days of ‘trade only’ access, and then follow it up with a couple of days that are open to the public. Maybe the public days would have to be before the CTS awards night, though… as that always ends up as a very late night. This year was no exception - there were plenty of sore heads on Wednesday. I felt absolutely great when I woke up on Wednesday, but that was because I was still drunk… 
Lets just say that the night was an eventful, and entertaining one… 