Blogs About "SXSW"

Love @ElizabethPW ’s new blog – on being SXSW, on being human – being vulnerable, imperfect, connected, struggling yet on the ball, cool but trying to figure it out, all at the same time.

Sound like anyone you know?

Best line @ElizabethPW: “let’s rejoice in how infinitely complicated we are. How we are capable of everything.”

#SXSWi pt 2: People Are Human

This post started out as a post-sxsw rant. Against how some people...

At SXSW I met Alison Kramer a mom of three and owner of Nummies http://www.nummies.com/ nursing bras. Blogger, Twitter enthusiast, hot yoga addict and reluctant runner, Alison has a rather full and busy life balancing the ups and downs of running a business while being a parent. Before kids and creating Nummies, Alison was a Kinesiology graduate (never practiced) and Social Worker (barely practiced). Her company, Nummies was named...

High energy. High octane. Real. Present. Authentic. Grateful. That’s Gary Vaynerchuck @garyvee when you see him live. Don’t ask Gary a question you don’t want answered with brutal honesty.

Gary’s one hour conversation was social, real time and highly interactive.

He is Web 2.0.

My take-aways:

* Recognize that we are ALL in the customer service business.

* Stop worrying about your number of “followers” or “friends” and...

Austin TX, sunny, warm and March 2011

Thinking ahead to next year, traveling to Austin and what I'd like to see at SXSWi....

Top of the list - less paper. This is an "interactive" conference. The new and innovative online. Lets's ditch the fliers, postcard adverts and business cards (check out "a short rant about business cards" by @daniellelaporte on her White Hot Truth blog http://whitehottruth.com/business-wealth-articles/a-short-rant-about-business-cards/).

Instead of a canvas bag...

I wasn’t able to join my intrepid colleagues who ventured to Austin for our annual digital innovation fix at South By Southwest. And while I’m missing the fabulous fete thrown by Frog design, morning muffins fresh from the hotel breakfast buffet, and jockeying for a seat at the keynote – I’ve got a front row, no carbon footprint seat to SXSWi content from the comfort of my New York City...

To attend the 10 day Film, Music, and Interactive conference in Austin Texas, known as SXSW is to be thrown into a swirl of information, glimpses of the future, and tens of thousands of people passionate about the arts, technology, and how our lives are impacted by both.

The Interactive component of the conference (SXSWi) runs 5 days and two days in, my head is already swirling with the ideas, innovations, and...

This morning at SXSW I attended the session "How to Create A Viral Video". The panelists were Jonathan Wells, Margaret Gould Stewart and Jason Wishnow. If you don't recognize the names, you're likely familiar with TED, YouTube - and one band's very viral video http://ow.ly/1jkhe

2 things about viral video.

1. Viral video is sometimes the result of pure luck or accident. Right place, right time, iPhone, Flip camera or...

Being at SXSW is a little like returning to college - lots of people, trying to locate friends, navigating the layout, long lines to register and rushing between programs and presentations. Yes, feeling nostalgic and energized!

Yesterday, I managed to squeeze in the session with Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project. Some of the things Gretchen mentioned that make us happier:

* Sleep (I won't be getting much over the...