I sat in on a web teleconference today. Altera was giving an overview of a new line of CPLDs called MAX II due out this year.

The technology worked really well, nice full streaming video that was well produced in a studio. A button you could click to type a question. And a window that had a powerpoint presentation controlled by the presenter.

There was a moderator from the webcast company, and a presenter from Altera. They were both women, and the odd thing was, they were both wearing neck scarves. I had trouble concentrating on what they were saying because I kept thinking, “who wears neck scarves? and why? and how is it that TWO women who happen to wear neck scarves are giving this presentation?”

Is there a neck scarf trend that I’m missing? The teleconference was in the Pacific time zone, so perhaps this is a California trend that will eventually make it’s way here.

I hope not.

The other thing I kept thinking is, it figures a tech company would hire a hot vaguely-asian woman to be their spokesperson. The attendees were undoubtedly mostly male, geek males at that, as evidenced by the ratio of men-to-women asking questions. (about 30 to 1).

A depressing point today: Netflix, a company I had looked into investing in over a year ago (at $10/share) and rejected because I felt it overvalued is now sitting at $35/share. *sigh* There was an article on the Fool today about it, and why they felt it was STILL undervalued. It was a pretty good arguement, perhaps I’ll look into it.

I came in early today, so I’m leaving early too. Tah!