New Orleans Bourbon Street Musician

The 1999 WebDev Conference

• In 1999, I attended a web development conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• On Tuesday evening, while exploring Bourbon Street, I popped into a quiet side-street bar where a single musician was playing guitar and keyboard.
• I walked up to take pictures of him using my brand-new Casio twist-body digital camera.
• Intrigued by the new Technology, the musician stopped mid-song and asked: "Hey, is that a digital camera?" I confirmed it was and sent him the photos.

The Call-Outs

• The next evening, I returned to the same bar, which was now filled with about 30 patrons. As soon as I walked in, the musician stopped mid-song and shouted: "Hey dude... thanks for those pictures from last night!"
• On Friday night, I brought a group of new friends to the bar, which was now packed with a line out the door. Upon entering, the musician spotted me again and yelled a call-out, prompting my friends to ask in disbelief how many times I had been there.
• Amazingly, when I returned to the same conference in New Orleans a year later (in 2000) and entered the bar, the musician recognized me and called me out yet again.