Came here for the Casey Neistat replies to be honest, but it got me thinking, why didn't they collaborate with Casey to announce the new board? Maybe today's episode will reveal more. Wouldn't it be great marketing to have an internet celebrity and #1 boosted board fanboy announce your new and improved product?
Right. And the premise the used to explain his trip back to SF was, let's be honest, thin at best - I like me some travel, but even I won't fly transcon just to stay in a nice hotel room. This makes a lot more sense.
Google I/O is currently on and he's buddy-buddy with the YouTube folks, so it may be that he's managing to attend to a few different matters while he's out there.
(Also, he's going to hit 3 million subscribers in the next day or two. It's a big week for him!)
He was going to SF for Beme meetings presumably, and the hotel offered to make it up to him the next time he was in town. It just happened to be only a week later.