Fixpert

Hi everybody. I’m back from my trip to Austin for SXSW. I’m happy to be back in Virginia, though I must say I was shocked and disappointed to discover that Winter is still going on here.

There are, however, the very first signs that spring is on the way — those signs being that everyone around me seems chafed and sick of being cold. They’re calling for snow in a couple days, so if we can all just be patient hold on a little longer, we’ll soon be blessed with the Southern Sauna Style: 95 degree heat and 95% humidity. Virginia weather rocks. You get a little bit of everything here.

I had such a great time at SXSW. It was my first time there and my first ever visit to Austin. I’d like to do some more thorough write-ups and reactions, but seeing as I’m back to my 11+ hr workdays for now (2+ hrs commuting, 8+ hrs at the office, 1 hr lunch) the more detailed posts will have to wait. Bathing and sleeping take priority, sorry guys.

I was pleased to discover that my new employer found this image of me on Flickr:

No one that I work with has any idea what SXSW is (other than one guy who knew about the music portion) and they have been joking me about how I could’ve come over to their house if I wanted to play with Legos…hmm, I should take them up on that! Anyway, here are some quick highlights off the top of my head:

Hightlights:

• Dropped off a Fixpert shirt for Lance Armstrong at his bar, Six
• Nuclear Tacos
• Ate every type of meat imaginable after 8 yrs of vegetarianism
• Talked a bunch of trash about foosball and then lost every game I played — usually to Mike Rundle
• Bruce Sterling’s keynote
• All the new friends: Jake and Dane, John and Tim, on and on…
• Watching City Slickers 2: The Search for Curly’s Gold
• The revenge of the Nuclear Tacos (more like a lowlight)

More to come, leave a comment if you want to post some of your highlights.