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A Sock in the Mail

Posted on October 18, 2011 By Tom No Comments on A Sock in the Mail
EdTech, Weirdness

In a couple of weeks I’ll be heading to Myrtle Beach for the SC EdTech conference. This is our annual instructional technology conference for the state, and I haven’t been in about three years. I figured I needed to go this time around, and I’ll also be giving one of my Google Earth talks as one of the sessions.

I’ve been getting phone calls, and my mailbox has been filled with invitations from vendors to stop by their booths on the exhibit floor. This morning I got a weird one – this…

A Sock in the Mail

…a single sock. Also enclosed was a flyer inviting me to come by booth ### to get the matching sock. It’s a nice sock, but is it worth sitting through a sales pitch to get its mate?

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