{"id":5852,"date":"2016-06-10T19:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T19:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5852"},"modified":"2016-05-23T19:07:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:07:43","slug":"linked-burning-man-for-the-1-the-desert-party-for-the-tech-elite-with-eric-schmidt-in-a-top-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/linked-burning-man-for-the-1-the-desert-party-for-the-tech-elite-with-eric-schmidt-in-a-top-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;&#8216;Burning Man for the 1%&#8217;: the desert party for the tech elite, with Eric Schmidt in a top hat&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2016\/may\/02\/further-future-festival-burning-man-tech-elite-eric-schmidt\">via The Guardian<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Party planners at Burning Man are careful to hide their luxury dwellings behind large walls dressed as art projects, but Further Future had no such pretension. Behind a chain-link fence was the VIP neighborhood with airstreams ($5,000) and Lunar Palaces ($7,500) \u2013 200 sq ft, 9ft high, custom-made luxury domes with wooden flooring and furnished to sleep four. These included something called an entourage concierge \u2013 \u201ca personal, dedicated lifestyle manager and assistant ready to help you with any requirements or desires you may have. No request is ever unattainable.\u201d The lifestyle assistant, who makes sure you have the soap you like, will work with you on everything \u201cfrom the green juice you enjoy every morning to the old-fashioned cocktail you sip on in the evenings\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In a shipping container converted to control room, I found Russell Ward, the general show runner and publicist who\u2019s the mastermind behind the most popular \u201ctransformational festivals\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A lot of people are having issues with this. I don\u2019t. If you can afford it, awesome. Looks like a fun time. Also, a lot of opportunity to network with really smart people.<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:4510,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theguardian.com\\\/business\\\/2016\\\/may\\\/02\\\/further-future-festival-burning-man-tech-elite-eric-schmidt&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via The Guardian: Party planners at Burning Man are careful to hide their luxury dwellings behind large walls&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-08-30T23:58:56Z","apple_news_api_id":"5622d2af-b093-42b1-ae63-54da5661b582","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-30T23:58:56Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AViLSr7CTQrGuY1TaVmG1gg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1wo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4940,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/17\/linked-how-i-gave-up-alternating-current\/","url_meta":{"origin":5852,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;How I Gave Up Alternating Current&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Rob Rinehart\u2019s Blog: No more power blocks, wall warts, or rats nests of cables. 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That way, you give your brain and your ear\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6924,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/07\/14\/linked-the-curious-state-of-apple-product-pricing\/","url_meta":{"origin":5852,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;The Curious State of Apple Product Pricing&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Above Avalon: Redefining Luxury Apple's pricing strategy is ultimately about bringing new users into the Apple ecosystem. While the iPhone remains the most effective tool for accomplishing this, Apple wearables will increasingly represent another new user tool at management's disposal. It may be difficult to believe, but AirPods likely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2726,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/the-ten-most-annoying-mistakes-made-by-luxury-hotels\/","url_meta":{"origin":5852,"position":3},"title":"\u2605 &#8220;The Ten Most Annoying Mistakes Made By Luxury Hotels&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"via Huffington Post (which I want to puke just linking to but understand that the web is just that way these days. I hope the Internet gods don't ban me for linking to HuffPo): Paul Carr who is quickly becoming one of my favorite \"life bloggers\" has shared a few\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5352,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/30\/linked-heres-what-will-make-me-wear-my-apple-watch-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":5852,"position":4},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Here&#8217;s What Will Make Me Wear My Apple Watch Again&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Watch Aware: What\u2019s that? You didn\u2019t know? Yup, I\u2019ve recently stopped wearing my Apple Watch. Lots of Pro-Apple bloggers have admitted that they don\u2019t wear the Apple Watch anymore. Most of them work @ home for a living on a MacBook all day and rarely leave their house. 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