Let the flashing begin

We’re moving inexorably into the Holiday Season, as you know. (As of Tuesday, at least, the town of Los Altos actually had its civic Christmas décor out. Ugh.) And don’t know about you, but I could use a flash mob to help me into it.

(As an aside—yesterday I went to Dreamforce, the Salesforce user conference extravaganza. Wouldn’t you know—the one day it actually rains after more than nine months of not a drop is the day I have to walk from the Caltrain station to Moscone Center. The Salesforce people also hadn’t counted on rain—this year they took over Harrison Street, between Moscone North and South, for what was probably intended to be a bucolic experience, complete with AstroTurf, but no one was taking advantage of all the little tables.

(I have to say, too, that Salesforce partners and companies that build applications that integrate into Salesforce, are not nearly as interesting as the security companies I talked with at the last Moscone event I attended, the RSA Security Conference. Plus—these people were desperate to scan your badge. I watched one of the chicks at one booth offer someone walking past a chocolate square. When the woman took it, the chick demanded her badge for scanning. That’s harsh, man.

(However, my point here is that any conference or trade show is a perfect venue for a flash mob of some sort. Why is no one filling this need?)

So here’s a flash mob in Köln, playing the “Star Wars” theme. Enjoy.