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<\/p>\nI’m pretty excited to be heading to Chicago next weekend (Jan 20\/21, 2012) to meet with the bigwigs at Kenmore and hear about some of the new things that they are getting up to. They’ll be flying me and a few others out and showing us their latest in home goods. Most of the stuff I focus on in this site is gadget, tool, and build-related (and I’ve helped out with similar events for Craftsman, another Sears brand), but I do let my pizza fascination influence some of the posts I make on this site, and am intrigued if Kenmore has anything pizza-related in the pipeline (not that there’s any reason for me to think so).<\/p>\n
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I’m going to bring a few questions for the Kenmore folks to the event, and I’m happy to ask anything you’ve got in mind or are wondering about too (like: why do they only offer ONE pizza slicer?). So feel free to pop any of those into the comments.<\/p>\n
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The Kenmore people also have a few prizes for the best video entries in response to the following:<\/p>\n
“When tasked with the overwhelming demands of day-to-day chores, a little creativity goes a long way \u2013 and helps stretch our resources a bit. What is your most unusual, yet practical, use of a common household appliance?”<\/strong><\/p>\n They’re offering a $100, $50, and $25 gift card for the best three submissions, which will be used internally and possibly sent out on their social media channels (I asked).<\/p>\n The rules: Have fun with it. I’ll report back after I return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m pretty excited to be heading to Chicago next weekend (Jan 20\/21, 2012) to meet with the bigwigs at Kenmore and hear about some of the new things that they are getting up to. They’ll be flying me and a few others out and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadget","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n– Submit your videos, and I’ll send my pick for the best five (if I get that many). Kenmore will select the best three from the entries of all bloggers (which means your odds are pretty decent)
\n– Video Due: Wednesday, January 18 at 9p.m. CT
\n– Rule: No branding visible other than Kenmore. To avoid, simple cover other brand names with tape.
\n– Format: Uncompressed Quicktime files at 1920×1080 16:9 are preferred. Any uncompressed file would be best, and the bigger the format the better. My suggestion: upload to Vimeo so the original file can be saved easily.<\/p>\n