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March 12, 2010

SXSW and Austin, Texas first impressions

via flickr.com

This place is great. The film and music folks are much swankier than the interactive nerds, but I expected that :)

Had a nice catch up and breakfast with Darren. Unfortunately we didn't manage to get sim cards to make our calls/data costs cheaper, though seems like we might have been given duff info by the AT&T sales guy ...

Stroke of luck with my SXSW pass, only 10min wait (have been up to an hour for others). Hotel shuttles pretty good when I finally managed to work out how to get my wristband.

Everything seems organized chaos, but a great vibe. There are so many people I am having trouble working out if I recognize faces or not. I have only been blanked once so far but managed to have some great conversations already.

What with the jet lag and the sun I am already drooping, considering having a nap.

All this and I haven't been to a panel yet ;)

So far so good, and this is only part way through day one :)

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February 22, 2010

Death by PowerPoint

via dilbert.com

And yes, I have been on both sides of the joke. Don't judge me! ;)

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February 19, 2010

f1ftw podcast (beta)

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F1FTW Podcast (Beta)

Mike, Gareth and I got together for a first test run of our Formula 1 podcast before the season kicks off. Mike was suffering from intestinal challenges, someone (Gareth) left their phone on and I was as quiet as a church mouse, but we kind of got there in the end!

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February 6, 2010

Mmmmmmmmm .... Nandos

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January 29, 2010

If people behaved face to face the way they do in social media it would be funny

If people behaved face to face the way they do in social media it would be funny ;)

"Hi, I think this is my seat"
"Thanks for saying hi, have you seen my brochure?"
"Um, I was just ..."
"What do YOU think about my brochure?"
"... ok, I think I will sit over here ..."
"TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT MY BROCHURE!"

"Hey guys, can I sit over here? That guy is a jerk. Did you see the news I ..."
"FAIL"
"SEEN IT"
"BO-RING"
"TEH SUCK"
"WHAT-EVAH"
"ZOMGWTFBBQ"

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January 25, 2010

What Social Media Followers Want from Brands

via edlee.ca

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January 24, 2010

Drink up some Geekahol with my bro and me

Geekahol episode 1

My brother Jay and I have started a new web TV show/vodcast/video webcast/thing called Geekahol.com which is going to be our weekly (or so) dose of geekery from around the web.

Join us and check it out.

For the iPod/iPhone equipped - Subscribe via iTunes

In the strong tradition of all things geek ... It's all VERY much in beta, but we hope you enjoy it :)

(Due to the first episode initially being only a test, the episode numbering is somewhat borked)

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January 22, 2010

Blogger’s Block? Think Like a Cartoonist!

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Stolen from Andertoons, here

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January 13, 2010

Get 31DBBB and help a sick child

31 Days to Build a Better Blog is Darren "Problogger" Rowse's ebook that gives you step by step ticks and tactics to boost your blog pulling power over 31 days.