So have any of you noticed a recent trend on Twitter? It seems that our ultra-friendly, tech community has temporarily (well, hopefully temporarily) divided. We are now those at SxSW and those NOT at SxSW. I, unfortunately, fall in the NOT at SxSW camp. I have requested that SxSW folks start their tweets with “œSxSW […]
March 7, 2008
Ebb and Flow; Blogging During a Conference; Bits and Pieces
During conferences, I think it makes the most sense to blog in a format that Jason Calacanis made “special”. Stream of consciousness blogging. In other words, during conferences, I don’t have the time to fully develop thoughts like I would normally do to post usual content here. But that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot […]
March 5, 2008
SXSW Guest Posting
In just over 36 hours, I’ll be boarding a flight to Austin, TX. This will be my second trip to SXSW – last year was a mixed bag for me but then the whole trip started out on a bad note and it through the rest of the week into a funk. This year, I’m […]
February 21, 2008
The Official Unofficial SXSW Playlist
I know there’s probably only one of you that remembers back when I was doing custom playlists on request. Those were the days. I should revive that game. At any rate, a lot of geeks like myself are heading down to Austin next month for SXSW Interactive, possibly the Mecca of all web conferences. In […]
February 1, 2008
The Technosailor World Tour
A bunch of you have been asking if you would be seeing me at SXSW. The answer is yes. It’s been a little unclear in what capacity I would be attending but those questions have been answered. b5media is sending several of our staff who have not previously attended in an official capacity. This is […]
December 17, 2007
More of the Same in 2008; Or: We ain't no Seesmic
It’s Monday morning and I’m sitting here at Reagan National Airport awaiting a flight to Toronto. This is my last business trip of 2007 and… when I return home on Wednesday, I’m only looking at another two business days before I entirely knock off for the year. I’ll probably blog, but no b5media (if I […]