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Video by Kevin Twohy.
Last year was my first time attending SXSW in my own backyard of Austin, TX. My slight obsessions with indie rock and technology notwithstanding, it’s a wonder I haven’t been going to the conference for a while now (going to school in Austin lent itself to fleeing the city for the beach [...]
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This March, like so many others, I got the chance to meet the phenomenon that is Gary Vaynerchuk via his now famous Twitter flash-parties and as Kathy Sierra’s on-stage example during her keynote. His talks on personal brands and his involvement in the technology/startup sector as a marketer—and not a developer—are what initially [...]
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After over a week of panels, networking and the all important after parties, SXSW 2008 has come to a close. I was lucky enough to interact with tons of brilliant and talented people in their respective fields, be it technology, film or music. This was my first SXSW experience and definitely not my [...]
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The past two days have been nothing short of amazing and insightful. With that, however, comes a huge lack of sleep. I had to leave the Gawker party and be home before midnight; totally “fail” by SWSWi standards. It is the spring break for geeks, after all.
After yesterday’s Facebook keynote fiasco, there was a lot [...]
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After the first day of SXSW Interactive, I’m sitting here wondering why I never attended this conference before. So far, after only about 3/4 of a day, I’ve had so much fun and met so many interesting people, including Justine Ezarik, Tim Ferriss (who signed my book) and as pictured above, Matt Mullenweg, the [...]