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DOMAINfest Opening Night Party — Scenes from

Video from DOMAINfest Global 2010 opening night party.

.Co sponsored the opening night party at DOMAINfest Tuesday evening. It was supposed to be a beach party, but the weather didn’t cooperate. In the video below, look for the cameo of Frank Schilling, Chef Patrick, and Michael Berkens. Don’t ask me where Chef Patrick got those sunglasses.

The skies are supposed to clear up by today, leaving the rest of the conference’s activities in good shape.

As I predicted, paid attendance to DOMAINfest set a record. I’m not sure what the final number is but I’ll post it when it is available.

Highlights for today include:
-Structured networking
-Keynote Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
-Turning killer domain names into killer web sites
-How prime internet real estate builds seo and sem success
-Party at The Getty

You can follow Twitter updates regarding the conference by searching #domainfest.

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