Hello to my SXSW Friends
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.
March 17th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
After many years of being a vegetarian I too pigged out. I received many dire warnings from fellow vegetarians about my stomach’s flora and enzymes and how I’d be so sick if I didn’t ease into it, and it all turned out to be total bullshit.
March 17th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Let’s not forget being able to drop jokes about “real-time validation” and having people genuinely laugh out loud.
My Flickr set has a few pics of Sally in it, if you’re interested.
March 18th, 2006 at 2:20 am
Sally,
Was fantasic to meet you and spend some time chatting. Great pic of you with the legos - you look way into whatever it was you were building. :-)
March 18th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Yo Sally -
I am shocked - SHOCKED - that you fell off the wagon! If you stay off for a little while, give me a call. We’ll do lunch.
SXSW sounds like it was an adventure. I went to “etail” in Palm Desert a few weeks ago (tough assignment, but I was willing to take one for the team), and it was quite the eye-opener. Even if you’ve pulled yourself back on that wagon, we can do lunch. ;-)
March 19th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
Sally Carson Rocks. That seemed to be the unofficial theme of SXSW this year.
March 21st, 2006 at 10:44 am
Great post Sal. I want to hear more details on the conference and wassup with the Carne binge.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:44 am
Hey Sally!
It was a pleasure meeting you down in SXSW. The bowling event was definitely one of the highlights for me. We kicked some serious ass! Hehehe… or maybe we got our asses kicked — though we had tons of laughs!
All the best,
Frank
March 30th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Hi Frank! Awesome to hear from you, that was the most fun game of bowling ever, my voice was all scratchy the next day because I was yelling so much. Keep in touch!! GO SPACER GIFS!!!