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2009 Recap in Pictures from Shawn Collins

December 31, 2009 by Shawn Collins

I am not going to make a bunch of ridiculous predictions about what’s going to happen in 2010. Really… why?

No, instead I’ll share a recap of what happened month by month from the lens of my camera.

The year started out with Affiliate Summit West 2009, and I stopped by CES the day I got to Las Vegas, and ran into Jackie the Jokeman.

Jackie the Jokeman and Shawn Collins

Then it was on to three days of Affiliate Summit, and what was the biggest Affiliate Summit to date with over 3,200 attendees.

Crowds at Affiliate Summit West 2009

Apparently I wasn’t doing much in February, according to my camera, because I just have pictures of me in a Snuggie.

Pointing at Something Snuggie

In March, I headed to Austin for SXSW, where I spent most of the time in the TechSet Blogger Lounge and checked out a live Diggnation.

Missy Ward Double-Fisted at TechSet Blogger Lounge - March 13, 2009

Alex Albrecht, some dude and Kevin Rose - Live Diggnation Austin

Later in March, I went to SES in NYC, where I saw Guy Kawasaki give a keynote about how he games Twitter.

Guy Kawasaki at SESNY 2009

The opening of the new Yankee Stadium was a big day in April.

Shawn Collins at the new Yankee Stadium

Then I went to San Francisco for ad:tech, where Affiliate Summit hosted a Beer Garden.

Affiliate Summit Beer Garden

During ad:tech, I caught a Giants game against the Padres.

Giants and Padres

I finished up April with a business trip in Maine.

Maine Sunset 3

Jim Kukral and Steve Rosenbaum

In May, I was off to Dallas for the Inbound Marketing Summit, and lucked into the Yankees being in town to play the Rangers.

Inbound Marketing Summit 1

Shawn Collins chomps a turkey leg at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

And with June came the LinkShare Symposium in NYC. The hotel for the show was right at the start of the new High Line park.

LinkShare Golden Link Awards 2009

The High Line 020

I jumped on 95 South for a trip to Baltimore in July, where Affiliate Summit and buy.at held a meeting about the advertising tax, and then a crab feast.

Tax Talk and Crab Feast

advertising tax, baltimore 026

I also took up running in the summer to try and get in shape, and I completed my first 5k in July.

My First 5k 1

August was all about Affiliate Summit East 2009 for me. Before the conference kicked off, it was time for another Yankees game.

Scott Jangro in Enemy Territory

Affiliate Summit East 2009 050

Then in September, it was off to Santa Barbara for CJU.

CJU Crowd during Jackie Kuba Keynote

Time for another 5k.

Shawn Collins at the Berkeley Heights 5k 2009

And then back to the west coast for the Google Affiliate Network Summit in Mountain View.

Google Affiliate Network Summit 048

Early October meant another trip – this time down to Orlando for IZEAfest.

Michael Gray and Raw Hoffman at IZEAfest 2009

And then I turned around and went home to get to SMX East in NYC.

SMX East 2009 005

Then a third October trip out to California, where I caught game 5 of the ALCS before going to ShareASale ThinkTank (and watched the Yankees clinch on TV from the airport before my red eye home).

Yankees Angels ALCS Game 5 010

ShareASale ThinkTank Laughter and Applause

More sports started November with the Dolphins playing the Jets.

Dolphins at Jets Nov 1 005

Game 6 of the World Series. Best game ever.

New York Yankees World Series 2009 Game 6 006

More conference action with the Affiliate Summit booth at ad:tech NYC.

ad-tech NYC 2009 002

ad:tech was followed by the Audience Conference.

Brian Littleton, Shawn Collins, Missy Ward and Brian Clark

Finally, my last conference travel of the year was Pubcon in Las Vegas.

Michael Streko and Wil Reynolds

Another 5k, this time at Yankee Stadium, to round out November.

Shawn Collins after the race 2

I finished up the year with a December of no travel, and lots of prep for Affiliate Summit West 2010.

Updates to the Affiliate Summit laptops before shipping to Vegas

Shipping stuff off to Affiliate Summit West 2010

Finally, it was Christmas.

The Christmas Card picture

Good luck in 2010.

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