It’s that time again to get your best suit out of the wardrobe, dust off your favourite shirt and practise your walk down the red carpet. The digital awards season has started again.
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Austinness and Paradise at SXSW
There is so much to takeaway from SXSW that it really will take me days to write it all down, let alone think about it and then turn it all into actions. For now though one abiding memory will be that one of the reasons that SXSW is what it is, is because of the city of Austin and the people of Austin. “South By” would not be the kind of gathering that it is in another US city. Austin has creativity and innovation in its soul and its people listen and are genuinely interested in what you have to say. Its Austinness effect. Like the developer from Yahoo and the ex editor for PC Magazine who is now the Senior Technology Editor at JWT in NYC…
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The good and the bad that is SXSW
There are some very smart people at SXSW. There are also the interactive rock stars, the non profits and the downright weird. All of these personas have thrown themselves into one giant interactive/tech sausage machine to see what they come out like at the other end. Some will be shabby and some will shine. However no matter what persona you are, those that resonate the most are those that can articulate their message , which is often a very simple message, to all of the other personas and have them get it quickly, agree with it and act upon it. For me, so far from all that I have seen and heard, there has only been one person that did that….
Posted in Business Also tagged Designers Accord, geo location apps, Naked Pizza, social search, SXSW, Valerie Casey Leave a comment
The gathering that is SXSW
Here’s the thing about SXSW or “South By” as it is affectionately known. It is full on for almost 24 hours a day and when you think you are about to relax and just have some fun because you have taken in or given as much information as you possibly can, then at that exact moment something or someone else happens and you start all over again.
Posted in Business, Conferences, Digital Marketing, Innovation, Web/Tech Also tagged Ackura, AKQA, Bctoolkit, Local Motors, Microsoft Natal, Skimlinks, SXSW Leave a comment
SXSW 2010 is beer fuelled speed pitching-Fantastic!
15,000 people have decended on Austin, Texas for SXSW. Before I say anything else Austin’s slogan is “Keeping it weird” and there are more live music venues here than any other city in the world and it is 75 degrees now. OK that’s the toursity bit over. Neither KMP Digitata or I have been to SXSW before and we will be back there is no doubt. This event is inspiring, wierd, challengeing, thought provoking, amazing for networking, highly educational and a good old fashioned work hard/play hard event that is about the future of the multi-channel digital world we work in.
