What Are Monday Blues

Monday June 20th, 2016

Today we got off to a later start, the late nights are starting to catch up to us, but also the boys are slow and waiting for them takes about 30 minutes on MINIMUM. It's great, Kaitlyn and I get ready apparently fast because we're always the first people ready. Who would've thought that'd be the case? Anyways, we got to the festival at about 1 PM, partially because of the train strikes too. Luckily, we got there right at the start of the Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky was going on. What a great guy, he seems so genuine and like someone you could actually have a conversation with about his life and he wouldn't be annoyed by it. In his talk he told us how many times he failed before Airbnb actually took off. Granted now it's a multi-billion dollar company, but at one time it was nearly in debt. Can you imagine going from one extreme to another and remaining as humble and approachable as Brian. After this we went to the theater across the way to see Mofilm people speak on drones and 360 vision in creativity. This was way cool. Unfortunately, in terms of safety they weren't allowed to do a live demonstration so instead they streamed a Live video of a guy in Germany on Faceboook. Using VR and 360 settings, introduces an entirely new way of experiencing a video. The next talk we went to was on experience and the speaker that stood out to me the most was Bobbi Whitehouse. She is the founder and CEO of @WearableExperiments. The company connects fashionable clothing items and human experience. Def something worth checking out! In the evening we made our way to the awards shows in the Lumiere theater. It feels like we were sitting in on the Oscars, with the flashy lights and loud music, what an experience. At night we made our way to the Young Lions opening party. It was nice being around people our own age for a change. Unlike most parties, the background images playing were commercials and advertisements, my inner nerd went wild. Also what a better place to exchange business cards with other creatives then the dance floor. 

xo,

Shan