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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 7th 2010
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    Anyone going to SXSW Interactive?
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      CommentAuthorHrunting
    • CommentTimeMar 7th 2010
     # 2
    As part of my corporate role, I'll probably be hitting a party or two. I will not be attending any of the sessions.
    • CommentAuthorPete
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
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    I was so bummed, I casually mentioned wanting to go to SXSW to a manager on Friday, who asked when it was. I told them this month, which they replied, "bummer no time to organise it, maybe next year?"
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
     # 4
    Hrunting, If you're at a fun party, give me a call 614.388.8290.


    Pete, I barely made it, this year. I just got tickets last Friday.

    If my luck holds out, I managed to score a posh hotel right downtown too. I have a reservation number and everything, but I never believe hotels until I'm in the room.

    I think I may have finally talked the powers that be into getting a booth next year.
    • CommentAuthorPete
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
     # 5
    My own fault for not even thinking about asking to go I suppose. Hopefully next year!
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      CommentAuthorJeff
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
     # 6
    I went to SXSW one time. There was no Hrunting sighting at the time.

    I can't believe how long ago that was, I think it was 2003. Didn't get much from the conference but had a good time.
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      CommentAuthorJeff
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
     # 7
    I met Digression there! Remember her?
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      CommentAuthorscot
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
     # 8
    Yes she put several of us in a video game!
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2010
     # 9
    Whenever my gamer friends get too big for their britches, I pull out the "I got a NPC named after me" card.
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      CommentAuthorWookiee
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2010
     # 10
    I never played the beta long enough to discover if there was a Sergeant Wookiee.
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      CommentAuthorspot
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2010
     # 11
    I hate SXSW time because I never get to go and it seems like everyone is constantly talking about it, and it's all just meaningless white noise to me because I'm not there. I pretty much stay away from Twitter during SXSW.
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      CommentAuthorDor
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2010
     # 12
    Blah blah web blah blah music blah blah austin.

    That's pretty much what SXSW is to me.
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      CommentAuthorsole
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2010
     # 13
    I am not going to SXSW. I am, however, going to go to An Event Apart this year, so I got that going for me.
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      CommentAuthorvoz
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2010
     # 14
    plug: PIVOT @ warp showcase on 17th, also somewhere else in austin 19th
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2010
     # 15
    Last year, I ate a few Tijuana Dogs, drank a few gallons of Lone Star, went to Psychfest to see A Place To Bury Strangers (current favorite band), and watched an amazing Judas Priest cover band play as 2 audience members the size of trucks got into a fight.

    The secret to a good time after hours during SXSWi is to hide your badge and hang with the locals.
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010
     # 16
    SXSW Interactive: Because hell doesn’t have enough promotional stickers
    http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/09/location-is-the-new-just-kill-yourself/
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      CommentAuthorDor
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010
     # 17
    Wow... amazingly cogent insight from Techcrunch. Who would've expected that?
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010
     # 18
    Yeah... I was fully prepared to hate it, but actually chortled a bit.
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      CommentAuthorHrunting
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010
     # 19
    I've really enjoyed Paul Carr since they added him to TechCrunch. I won't say the man's insightful, but he appeals to my tech cynicism. I was at one of the SXSWi parties he described last year. I think this conversation with a startup hawker babe sums it up:

    HER: Hey, do you know about twatwatch?*
    ME: No, what is it?
    HER: You can attach pictures to your tweets!
    ME: So it's like twitpic.
    HER: No, it's different!
    ME: It sounds like twitpic.
    HER: But you can do (insert something not different here)
    ME: So it is twitpic
    HER: Yeah, but it's better!
    ME: How are you going to make money?
    HER: We'll figure that out later. What do you do?
    ME: I work for Giganews
    HER: What's Giganews?
    ME: A Usenet company.
    HER: What's it do?
    ME: Make money.

    *That wasn't the real name, but it was something similar.

    To be fair, though, I did find one good company at that party that we're still doing business with today, but also in fairness, they were at that party for the same reason I was: they knew one of the guys hosting it and came along for the ride. They weren't really selling and I wasn't really buying. It just worked out. I'm still not sure what people or companies get out of the conference itself, but hey, the money's good for the city, I guess.

    While you're here, check out our new light rail system. I think all 500 feet of the track is right outside the Hilton at which the panels are being held.
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      CommentAuthorDor
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010
     # 20
    Hey, I just recently signed up for a Giganews account in order to fulfill all of my TV watching needs. Does sharing a message board with you qualify for any kind of discount?

    (You never know if you don't ask...)
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 11th 2010
     # 21
    Posted By: HruntingI'm still not sure what people or companies get out of the conference itself, but hey, the money's good for the city, I guess.


    In a word: Networking. In our business, it can take years for a contact to bear financial rewards, but it's always nice to meet someone who knows someone. It's also nice to run into clients and get a little face time.

    Personally though, the best part is the validation. I always come back energized.

    All my money goes to the Jackalope, Emo's, Hole in the Wall, and Kerbey Lane.

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