Depending on who you believe, CES is either the most important tech event of the year, full of innovation, big announcements, and blowout parties, or totally dead. PR representatives spend months emailing hype about their products before the show begins, while jaded tech journalists trudge back from the Las Vegas Convention Center every year burned out on gimmicky gadgets and 15-hour work days. But for me — who after three years on The Verge has still never been to a CES — the show manages to hold an alluring mystique.
I find myself imagining the wonderful sights, the cacophonous sounds, and the uncategorizable smells of Las Vegas during early January. Without realizing it, I’ve built up a narrative of what I think CES is like, based on...
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