This week in SF brought a multitude of priceless moments, so the next couple of entries will chronicle a few.
Passing through the always-crowded (during Ad:Tech, anyway) hotel hallway, my colleague Janis and I caught sight of a name tag. It was the famous Scott Richter, aka the Spam King. We said hello, caught up on events in Richter’s lawsuit against IronPort’s SpamCop, checked out samples of the SpamKing clothing line, and did the obligatory business card exchange.
It wasn’t until we were walking away that Janis called my attention to the fact that we’d just given our e-mail addresses to a notorious spammer. Hmm…
P.S. Richter also happened to mention that wide distribution of the SpamKing duds had been held up by the little matter of a trademark holder called Hormel. Good thing Scott’s dad is also his lawyer.