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South by Southwest Interactive begins in ernest tomorrow as geeks from everywhere descend upon Austin, Texas. If you’ve heard of “South by,” you’ve probably been told it’s an amazing experience that is largely defined by parties and networking. Conference productivity is often tossed by the wayside at these things, but if you don’t plan for business success while attending them, then why are you going?

Conferences of any kind are only as productive as you make them. You can to to every session and learn a lot. You can go to none and do the same. If you’re goals are more business driven, the hallways and blogger lounges are where the action is, if not the exhibition floor. But you can’t just show up and be productive.

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Get Ready For Firefly Funnel Cake Fandango!

March 8, 2010

Some of you know my dad, Chillie Falls, owns a funnel cake trailer. He even blogs about his adventures selling cakes all over Virginia and elsewhere. You also probably know that I’ve been known to put on a party or two in my time. And yeah, sometimes they sound like an odd combination of locations [...]

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All The Tools You Need For Success At SXSW

March 12, 2009

Today I land in Austin, Texas for the Interactive and social media world’s annual Woodstock. South by Southwest is the one conference I would keep on the schedule if my travel budget was cut back to one event simply because of the sheer number of people, parties, learning and opportunity that happens there. Frankly, if [...]

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FlipVideo Makes Web Video Simple

March 24, 2008

So I was sitting in the Bloghaus at South by Southwest (SXSW) one day and Ted Shelton from The Conversation Group comes up and says, “Here! Take this camera and go shoot the SXSW experience and bring it back to me. I’ll post your video on the web. Maybe you’ll even get a free camera.” [...]

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Tamar Weinberg Is Simply Mashable

March 12, 2008

Getting Tamar Weinberg to do an on-camera interview for you is tough. But somehow, I did it. She recently joined the team at Mashable.com and we chatted about it at South by Southwest (SXSW) yesterday. She didn’t exactly get real in depth on what she’s doing, so you can read more about it here.
Tamar and [...]

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ReGeneration Catching On At SXSW

March 11, 2008

Dell is behind a community of environmentally-conscious friends called ReGeneration. They stopped me between sessions at South by Southwest (SXSW) this weekend and asked what I was doing to look out for the environment. Here’s the video. I’m proud to be featured first in a compilation of answers from great folks.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIUoAcGWpgM[/youtube]
Honestly, I’m not doing nearly [...]

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The Marketing Of No Marketing At SXSW

March 10, 2008

There might be a social post later, but the “Self-Replicating Awesomeness, The Marketing Of No Marketing,” session is worth a post of its own. In my opinion, six of the top social media and community building minds on the planet were panelists. There’s too much knowledge there to just mention it.
Stowe Boyd and I joined [...]

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SXSW Sunday

March 9, 2008

The problem with conferences like South by Southwest (SXSW) is that you need 36 hours in a day. When Shawn Morton, Richard McInnis and I got on the elevator last night with Robert Scoble and Rocky Barbanica, Smorty very eloquently pointed out we needed to account for daylight savings time and spring forward. You could [...]

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Saturday SXSW Social Media Exploration

March 8, 2008

Saturday brought forth another great day of learning, networking and fun at South by Southwest (SXSW). It started with a social media breakfast that, because of the crowded restaurant and waiting list for seats, forced me to grab three random people I didn’t know to join me at my table. The result was three new [...]

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Socializing At SXSW

March 8, 2008

Day one at South by Southwest (SXSW) couldn’t have been more fun or productive. My Flickr set documents some of the happenings. The video below puts the icing on the cake.
Shawn Morton, a/k/a Smorty and proprietor of Profilactic, one of the first and still the best (IMHO) lifestreaming platform on the web, and I boarded [...]

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Who Do You Want To See On SME TV?

March 4, 2008

Going to South by Southwest this weekend offers me the opportunity to gather some great insights and interviews for this blog. There are, frankly, too many cool people, applications and companies to document and investigate, so I’d like your help.
Social Media Explorer TV (that YouTubey thing over there in the side bar) has offered what [...]

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