Craig Newmark, the founder of Craig’s list was one of the keynote speakers at PubCon this year. During his presentation he mentioned his interview on the Colbert report. I just happen to have a Colbert video Google gadget and todays video just happened to be that interview. Update: the gadget displays a new video each day, so now that is a new day, there is a different video.

You can see some of my other Colbert gadgets featured on the Colberticon gadgets page…

Updates: I have added a photo, and some text, and included an explanation of why, if I am found dead, the police should look at Greg Boser and Todd Friesen.

I am often drunk and at conferences I am even oftener drunk.

I had a blast at Pubcon and got to spend time with, and get to know some really great people more than I did before.

There are about 50 thousand photos in this post that I have stolen, so you may want to wait a second and let them all load.

Las Vegas is a very very fun place to be. You get to dress up and play games and pretty girls bring you drinks for free. It is also very big, I walked around the town and explored alot and now my feet, which are not used to shoes, are killing me.

I spent alot of time with the Best of the Web guys and Frank playing poker into the wee hours of the morning.

Speaking of poker, the charity SEO poker event went off wonderfully and the tshirts got there on time (big relief, there was a chance that they weren’t gonna be ready).

It was great to see how many people dressed up. Here are two very talented people I admire, Rhea and Carolyn , posing for a pic with little ole me.

In addition to the tourney at the Venetian, there was a great deal of poker going on at the Wynn…

There was alot of hanging out at the Wynn bar…

Here are two very pretty people looking very pretty…

And here are two very pretty people looking, er, different…

I think, but I am not sure, that in the above photo Ciaran was thinking “Watch! I can look like an ape!” to which Jane countered with “Yeah, but can you puke in your hand?”

Just to be clear Jane was not puking, she was laughing at Ciaran.

Ciaran is a smart, witty, and fun guy which is why he is on my list of people to kill so I can have a better chance with the ladies.

One of the things I was looking forward to doing here was spend some time with Jane from SEOmoz, and spend time together we did and as we did so we looked ridiculously hot.

Jane is a very intriguing person to me from her writing on the blog and I have always enjoyed her comments, but we always seemed to miss each other at conferences, plus she has a whole bunch of neat stuff in her eyes. I now officially feel like I know her well enough to be as smart ass with her as I have been wanting to be all along.

The most wonderful of wonderfuls Barbara Boser was out in force and here she is with Dax…

Barbara is magic. I feel good and happy whenever I see her. Also of note, her husband Greg is planning to kill me because…

I dared to play with one of his and Todds reindeer games.

They were spreading some mis-information around via twitter, and this (false) info was spreading like mad across Vegas. I wanted to hijack the misinformation and turn it around to where the misinformers became the misinformed. Ends up I couldn’t because some of the majors players I needed to do this were “enjoying” themselves severely successfully at the Microsoft party and even though I was standing right next to them, they just were not getting it.

Long story short I “outed” the info. (No, it wasn’t Gillian, it was me)

There were many evil grins enjoying the games and I screwed it up for them, which I think would have been fine if I coulda pulled it off and turned it on them. But I didn’t. So basically I outed the info needlessly, which made me look like a butt and resulted in several very large, very devious men being mad at me

Below is a photo of two people…

I am terrified of one of them and the other makes me smile when I see her…

I will give you a clue, Gillian of SEOmoz is the one that makes me smile. The other is of course Greg Boser.

<begin kissing up to Greg>

Have you subscribed to Greg Boser’s feed yet? It takes just a second, really. If you didn’t catch that last link you can also subscribe to Greg Boser’s (AKA Web Guerrilla) here here and here. You know what I was just thinking? Real Estate Marketing Do Follow BoDog Social Media Santa Clarita. Did I mention his feed?

</end kissing up to Greg>

Okay I also spent alot of time with the men of SEOmoz (see Rhea, I talk to people who aren’t girls) we went out to dinner together and ordered endless meat and beer and whiskey and got the night started out right for Mel, who later had an interesting time.

Here is Mel from SEOmoz enjoying his first PubCon Las Vegas…

It was good to chat with the whole “man crew” of SEOmoz, they have an appreciation for drinking and I like that, but what I like more is I know have a better idea of who is who so I can pick their brains

David Mihm who is a great website designer and SEO blogger, was out and about, and it was good to run into him.

He took a great photo of me holding up a wad of hundreds and some chips…

Neil Patel, who gave a great presentation btw…

I think it was Barbara who might of captured the best photo ever of Frank…

Tamar and Susan and Lisa had a contest. It was called the “Who can carry the most bags?” contest, here I am with the winner of that contest (it was a tie).

Rebecca Kelly is about the yummiest and funniest person around and has the ability that I respect over all abilities. The ability to be a smart ass. The worlds most important people were smart asses.

Unfortunately she brought her boyfriend.

It wasn’t enough for her to just bring her boyfriend however, they also had to be crazy adorable together… Bastards

What is even worse is he seems like a really, really nice guy. Damn you Jason.

The other man I jokingly wished didn’t exist is Brad Cornelius who is married to Rhea Drysdale. I got a chance to chat with him, and dammit, he is super nice too… Argh.

Brad can borrow my longboard whenever he is in Hawaii.

I was sitting here thinking of the best way to compliment Rhea, and then I remembered that literally, the only time I sat down and thought, actually thought, during the time I was in Las Vegas was when she asked me a question and I wanted to give her my truest opinion I could.

Okay the SEO-Chicks were everywhere during PubCon, and It was great to finally meet Judith (DeCabbit), who I knew from only her SEOmoz and SEO-Chicks posts. And of course Lisa is always a welcome sight too…

SEO-Chicks just turned 6 months old, and that post is a really interesting one to read, as is their about page, and their t-shirt page is a great place to buy a SEO Chick t-shirt which when worn, is bright green and yummy link and photo bait.

Here are some faces that I was glad to get to spend some time around…

Chris Winfield was funny as hell at the craps tables. He is a very happy looking guy. His wife is nice and gorgeous to boot (psst – she wears glasses). And as far as the other two suspicious looking guys, they from Best of the Web, in case you couldn’t read the shirts. Everyone at BOTW is devious. I like that. Did you know that BOTW has a blog? I also had some more fun rolling with Cameron and it was good to finally meet Kid Disco.

Sarah wrote an article on SEOmoz that I was utterly impressed with, it is probably an article that everyone should read. You will certainly benefit from it if you do. The article is called…

“Why You Should Go Through the Trouble of Registering Your Copyright When Everyone Tells You That Your Work is Protected Automatically”

When I met her at Pubcon however, what I was impressed with was how f***ing hot she was. Oh my God, she is like a prettier version of Lauren Bacall. And she ain’t scared of the alcohol either. Nice. Here she is with Jane… Yum.

Okay now we get to the apple of my eye, Lisa Barone…

There are many, many neat and wonderful things I can say about Lisa. The only thing I have had in my life constantly is writing and reading. I adore writing, and I am a lifelong writer. Lisa is my favorite writer in SEO and she successfully writes with a clear and distinct and humorous voice and I admire that greatly. She has really inspired me a couple of times, and while I can not give her the title of “muse” yet, she is getting damn close. She is wonderful and wonderful and wonderful and good.

However…

I would like to share with you some of her first words to me at PubCon… (Rebecca are you listening? This is a good quote)

“I’m sorry Pat, it is just that you look really good and, well, I am not used to that”

What the hell was up with that Lisa? But I forgive you. I am not sure if you know this or not, but you are adorable.

Finally I just want to thank everyone for making me this happy…

Take care all and forgive me if you weren’t mentioned, but this post is getting hella long. Thanks for a great time.

I am in Las Vegas for PubCon, which to most is an event where you can attend cutting edge sessions led by industry leaders.

The reason I am here is more just to see people who make my heart bubble with happiness. I am also here to gamble, to drink, and to flirt with as many women as humanly possible. And giggle. I want to giggle too.

The only actual business I am doing here is to hopefully find a couple of people to team up with on some of my upcoming projects.

As always, if you are seeking good info on this conference, you should not be here (I will pretty much just be posting dunk pictures and stuff). For actual coverage of this event and the sessions I suggest the Bruce Clay blog, Search Engine Round Table, and SEOmoz. I stole these pick from Rhea

Rhea Drysdale

KissuptoFeedthebot

Pamela Lund

Adam Green (aka Tony Clifton)

The winners will need to go to this page to register for a Venetian Players Card, which is required for the event. It is free and you can do it online.

I am sorry for the others who did not win, Rebecca sent me a list and I actually added to the people I chose from because of it.

The other people in the Bud box were…

DeCabbit

West of Willamette (I know who you are) – Todd Mintz ( I am a Portlander at heart)

Sister Sledge – Sister sledge, I strongly urge you to get in contact with me during PubCon, I am a man who knows how to stop lurking and start shining

Maple626 – Who had the crappiest casino experience ever

It is worth noting that two contestants actually have already registered for the event so were not included. They were…

David Mihm and John Andrews.

Of particulair note, those of you following the contest thread know that BuyBigTires was kind enough to cough up the dough for an extra seat. Thanks!

The person who was picked last was Rhea, so she got in because of the extra seat.

Update: If you have a specific charity you want money to go to, please email me at guidelineguy@gmail.com , if you do not contact me then the money will be evenly split between all the charities.

I am offering up three free buy-ins to the Charity SEO poker tournament.

To be clear about this, I am paying for these seats, so the money will go into the pot.

The SEO poker tournament will take place at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas on Dec 6th after the Microsoft party – Full details here. The free seats you can win means that I pay your reservation fee and the 150 dollar buy-in.

You pay nothing

The winners and all the game participants will receive a sweet t-shirt.

You also get to play poker with some of the all stars of SEO.

The Players:

To see who has signed up so far go here (we will update the list at least daily)

Go to the Facebook event page to check out the buzz.

How to Win the Free Seats:
The contest and all the details can be found at SEOmoz. You will have to leave a comment over at SEOmoz to enter this contest. Not sure how to play poker tournaments? Learn online sillybutt, try online poker lowdown for some articles.

Update: there is now one more seat available that was kindly offered up by the folks at BuyBigTires

Thanks!

There is a poker tournament going on for PubCon at the Venetian on Dec 6th….

I will naturally win this, but it would be just so cute to see others try

This is a charity event, so please attend, participate, or donate.

If you have not had a chance to see me drunk yet, this is the perfect opportunity to do so. There is a 50 dollar donation required toreserve a seat, and an additional 150 dollar buy into the game.

Get all the info / register here.

Update: I have joined as a sponsor of this event, and there will be t-shirts!