SXSW and Austin, Texas first impressions

by Chris Garrett on March 12, 2010

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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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Death by PowerPoint

by Chris Garrett on February 22, 2010

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

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f1ftw podcast (beta)

February 19, 2010

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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 [...]

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Mmmmmmmmm …. Nandos

February 6, 2010

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Knowing what you want

February 2, 2010

I have been working with an NLP coach lately. While I help him with blogging strategy, he helps me with life strategy. It’s interesting stuff.
When I have his blog up and running I will introduce you to him, he is a cool guy, but before then I have to share with you an insight that [...]

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

January 29, 2010

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 [...]

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What Social Media Followers Want from Brands

January 25, 2010

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Drink up some Geekahol with my bro and me

January 24, 2010

 

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 [...]

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Blogger’s Block? Think Like a Cartoonist!

January 22, 2010

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Stolen from Andertoons, here

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Get 31DBBB and help a sick child

January 13, 2010

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.
Darren guarantees this ebook will give you a dramatically better blog or your money back!
If that wasn’t enough, if you buy from my link, all the [...]

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