SXSWi Odds and Ends
Just a collection of photos, quotes, and other goodies from my time at SXSWi. (Most images click through to larger versions on TwitPic)
My first thought as I walked into the Austin Convention Center as a SXSW rookie: “Wow, that’s a lot of homeless bloggers.”
McLovin! The cast of “Kick-Ass” at Studio SX:
Quotes from Danah Boyd’s keynote:
Web services go astray when they over-optimize communication and remove important social rituals.
Google Buzz fell in the social equivalent of the ‘uncanny valley’.
Early adopters are often surprised by what changes when a technology becomes mainstream.
Unique, if pretty gross, mobile out-of-home:
Great quote from Ze Frank, on whether he ever wondered if the content that he was producing so rapidly during the year-long run of “the show” might suck:
“I wanted to get my ideas out there as rapidly and faithfully as possible, so I could live on the edge of that anxiety that I had nothing left.”
Chevy’s branded power strips for all the homeless bloggers in promotion of the Chevy Volt:
Callpod: the modern proverbial campfire (for geeks at least).
A sad farewell:
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