P1080120 Before bag stuffing starts
Bag stuffing is mandatory for all 2000 SXSW volunteers. It takes place in a humongous warehouse, where boxes of "goodies" are lined up on tables. Som volunteers walk along the tables holding bags, while others drop stuff into bags
Date: 03/10/2010
Bag stuffing is mandatory for all 2000 or so of SXSW volunteers. They gather in a humongous warehouse, where boxes of "goodies" (read: with a few exceptions, useless promotional junk) are lined up on long tables. A set of volunteers walk along the tables holding bags, while the other set drop stuff into the bags from boxes. Each person takes stuff from just one box. Since the quantities of each item are unequal, once a person runs out of items in his/her box, he/she usually joins the line of walkers with bags. As the evening progresses, and more boxes become empty, the lines of walkers grow to enormous length. When there are no more empty bags, the job is done. This year we did it in 2 hours.
P1080121 Boxes of stuff that ends up in SXSW attendee bags
The stuff makes its way into the bags during the bag stuffing event, which is mandatory for all 2000 or so of SXSW volunteers. They gather in a humongous warehouse, where boxes of "goodies" are lined up on long tables.
Date: 03/10/2010
The stuff makes its way into the bags during the bag stuffing event, which is mandatory for all 2000 or so of SXSW volunteers. They gather in a humongous warehouse, where boxes of "goodies" (read: with a few exceptions, useless promotional junk) are lined up on long tables. A set of volunteers walk along the tables holding bags, while the other set drop stuff from boxes into the bags. Each person takes stuff from just one box. Since the quantities of each item are unequal, once a person runs out of items in his/her box, he/she usually joins the line of walkers with bags. As the evening progresses, and more boxes become empty, the lines of walkers grow to enormous length. When there are no more empty bags, the job is done. This year we did it in 2 hours.
P1080126 Volunteers collect stuff in bags
by walking along the line of people who drop stuff into bags.
Date: 03/10/2010
by walking along the line of people who drop stuff into bags. Bag stuffing is mandatory for all 2000 or so of SXSW volunteers. They gather in a humongous warehouse, where boxes of "goodies" (read: with a few exceptions, useless promotional junk) are lined up on long tables. A set of volunteers walk along the tables holding bags, while the other set drop stuff into the bags from boxes. Each person takes stuff from just one box. Since the quantities of each item are unequal, once a person runs out of items in his/her box, he/she usually joins the line of walkers with bags. As the evening progresses, and more boxes become empty, the lines of walkers grow to enormous length. When there are no more empty bags, the job is done. This year we did it in 2 hours.
P1080221 @thejenatx and @KateBuckJr
A pink-haired social media duo, @thejenatx (Jen Wojcik) and @KateBuckJr at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
Date: 03/12/2010
A pink-haired social media duo, @thejenatx (Jen Wojcik) and @KateBuckJr at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
P1080222 Lorna Li and an unidentified guy
at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
Date: 03/12/2010
at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
P1080227 Jana Thompson and Clive Thompson
Tech journalist Clive Thompson examines Jana Thompson's badge (it's not like either of them haven't met a person with the same last name before? :-)) at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
Date: 03/12/2010
Tech journalist Clive Thompson examines Jana Thompson's badge (it's not like either of them haven't met a person with the same last name before? :-)) at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
P1080231 Me
at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
Date: 03/12/2010
at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
P1080218 Erhardt Graeff and Jonathan Beilin
in the Seven Years in Online Dating panel.
Date: 03/12/2010
in the Seven Years in Online Dating panel. Here is my blog post on the panel.
P1080219 Online dating audience
The audience in the Seven Years in Online Dating panel. Audience participation made for a lively panel, buzzing with sex differences.
Date: 03/12/2010
The audience in the Seven Years in Online Dating panel. Audience participation made for a lively panel, buzzing with sex differences. Here is my blog post on the panel.
P1080220 Online dating audience
The audience in the Seven Years in Online Dating panel. Audience participation made for a lively panel, buzzing with sex differences.
Date: 03/12/2010
The audience in the Seven Years in Online Dating panel. Audience participation made for a lively panel, buzzing with sex differences. Here is my blog post on the panel.
P1080233 Jana Thompson and Jennifer Schlegel
@luxzia (Jana Thompson) and Jennifer Schlegel at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
Date: 03/12/2010
@luxzia (Jana Thompson) and Jennifer Schlegel at the Girls in Tech happy hour at SXSW 2010.
P1080239 Marta Gossage
Marta Gossage, a LiveJournal community manager, who I ran into randomly, when she sat down to recharge her phone at the same wall outlet where I was charging my computer. She kindly answered my questions about some of LiveJournal's peculiarities.
Date: 03/12/2010
Marta Gossage, a LiveJournal community manager, who I ran into randomly, when she sat down to recharge her phone at the same wall outlet where I was charging my computer. (At SXSW and other geek events, charging your devices is what walking dogs is to the mainstream world -- it provides icebreakers, pick-up opportunities, and overall brings community together.) Anyway, as someone who's used LiveJournal for years, I was quite pleasantly surprised to meet someone who could answer some of my burning questions regarding LJ (for example, lack of backup utilities). She was a very nice and knowledgeable person, and told me a thing or two about LJ technical infrastructure, but I can't really post them here because for all I know they might be confidential.
P1080240 Posters at SXSW Interactive
I'm especially interested in those black-on-white snippets on text that don't advertise anything. Are they part of some kind of super-sekrit viral campaign?
Date: 03/12/2010
I'm especially interested in those black-on-white snippets on text that don't advertise anything. Are they part of some kind of super-sekrit viral campaign?
P1080241 Posters at SXSW Interactive
I'm especially interested in those black-on-white snippets on text that don't advertise anything. Are they part of some kind of super-sekrit viral campaign?
Date: 03/12/2010
I'm especially interested in those black-on-white snippets on text that don't advertise anything. Are they part of some kind of super-sekrit viral campaign?
P1080253 Alcatel-Lucent Eleven API Lounge
was my favorite place to hang out during the entire SXSW. They had free breakfast (with mimosas!) and happy hours with fabulous free food and beer, plust an application-pitching contest.
Date: 03/13/2010
was my favorite place to hang out during the entire SXSW. They had free breakfast (with mimosas!) and happy hours with fabulous free food and beer for 4 days in a row. And plenty of electric outlets to charge laptops. And an application-pitching contest, during which the white board in the back of the room will come to life. Read more about it [url="http://sfragments.blogspot.com/2010/03/yet-another-application-contest-alcatel.html"]in my blog post[/url].
P1080254 Alcatel-Lucent Eleven API Lounge
also had a Rock Band set.
Date: 03/13/2010
also had a Rock Band set. And free breakfast with mimosas, and happy hours with fabulous free food and beer for 4 days in a row, and plenty of electric outlets to charge laptops, and an application-pitching contest -- read more about it [url="http://sfragments.blogspot.com/2010/03/yet-another-application-contest-alcatel.html"]in my blog post[/url].
P1080255 Coffee bar at the Alcatel-Lucent Eleven API Lounge
my favorite place to hang out during the entire SXSW.
Date: 03/13/2010
my favorite place to hang out during the entire SXSW. They had free breakfast with mimosas, and happy hours with fabulous free food and beer for 4 days in a row, and plenty of electric outlets to charge laptops, and an application-pitching contest -- read more about it in my blog post.
P1080341 Alcatel-Lucent application contest board
in the course of the weekend filled up with app ideas, pitched by people. An artist rendered them all in the likeness of a game board. Click on the image to read those ideas.
Date: 03/14/2010
in the course of the weekend filled up with app ideas, pitched by people. An artist rendered them all in the likeness of a game board. Read more about the application contest in my blog post.
P1080338 Kelvy Bird, a "graphic facilitator"
is creating a work of art out of the titles of applications submitted for the Alcatel-Lucent contest.
Date: 03/14/2010
is creating a work of art out of the titles of applications submitted for the Alcatel-Lucent contest. Read more about the application contest in my blog post.
P1080340 Kelvy Bird, a "graphic facilitator"
who created a work of art out of the titles of applications submitted for the Alcatel-Lucent contest.
Date: 03/14/2010
who created a work of art out of the titles of applications submitted for the Alcatel-Lucent contest. Read more about the application contest in my blog post.
P1080258 Robert Scoble (@scobleizer)
who I ran into while walking with a PayPal community manager. She was a well-connected lady indeed, as she could not walk two steps without stopping to chat with someone. Sometimes even someone famous.
Date: 03/13/2010
who I ran into while walking with a PayPal community manager. She was a well-connected lady indeed, as she could not walk two steps without stopping to chat with someone. Sometimes even someone famous.
P1080260 Toodalu.com free beer booth
Toodalu.com, a location-based social network, was giving out free beer at their booth at SXSW trade show.
Date: 03/13/2010
Toodalu.com, a location-based social network, was giving out free beer at their booth at SXSW trade show. When you don't make it clear what's so special about your web application that you would bother competing with location-based giants such as Gowalla or FourSquare, the way to attract attention is free beer. :-)
P1080271 Bing taxi cab
I was vaguely aware that there were several kinds of free transportation services that shuttled you between Austin Convention Center and other SXSW venues. This may be a Bing-sponsored cab. (Or not.)
Date: 03/13/2010
I was vaguely aware that there were several kinds of free transportation services that shuttled you between Austin Convention Center and other SXSW venues. This may be a Bing-sponsored cab. (Or not.)
P1080283 Women at the SXSW Austin Linux party
There were actual women at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking (Sunday, March 14. 2010).
Date: 03/14/2010
There were actual women at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking (Sunday, March 14. 2010).
P1080285 Women at the SXSW Austin Linux party
There were actual women at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking (Sunday, March 14. 2010).
Date: 03/14/2010
There were actual women at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking (Sunday, March 14. 2010).
P1080266 danah boyd at her keynote speech
I was sitting too far from the stage to take a picture of her directly, so I took a picture of her projection on a giant screen. This crazy color scheme is what I got auto-correcting my dark and grainy picture in Paint.NET.
Date: 03/13/2010
I was sitting too far from the stage to take a picture of her directly, so I took a picture of her projection on a giant screen. This crazy color scheme is what I got auto-correcting my dark and grainy picture in Paint.NET.
P1080273 Line at the free brunch by Adobe
Kyle Cooney, Haley Moore, and many other people wait for a new batch of food to arrive at Adobe "free" brunch -- free if your time is of no value. :-) Adobe ran out of food in the first 20 minutes of the brunch, and the next batch took almost an
Date: 03/14/2010
Kyle Cooney, Haley Moore, and many other people wait for a new batch of food to arrive at Adobe "free" brunch -- free if your time is of no value. :-) Adobe ran out of food in the first 20 minutes of the brunch, and the next batch took almost an hour to arrive.
P1080305 Jugglers at the SXSW Austin Linux party
Will Brasswell and Drew Brown are juggling on the roof of Texas Coworking offices at the SXSW Austin Linux party (Sunday, March 14. 2010).
Date: 03/14/2010
Will Brasswell and Drew Brown are juggling on the roof of Texas Coworking offices at the SXSW Austin Linux party (Sunday, March 14. 2010). Q
P1080308 Jugglers at the SXSW Austin Linux party
Thomas Elrod, Will Brasswell and Drew Brown are juggling on the roof of Texas Coworking offices at the SXSW Austin Linux party (Sunday, March 14. 2010).
Date: 03/14/2010
Thomas Elrod, Will Brasswell and Drew Brown are juggling on the roof of Texas Coworking offices at the SXSW Austin Linux party (Sunday, March 14. 2010).
P1080318 Dan Mucha
from Facets Multi-media at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking
Date: 03/14/2010
from Facets Multi-media at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking
P1080297 Latoya Peterson
Latoya Peterson from Racialicious.com -- one of two SXSWi panelists who were walking down 6th street, minding their own business, when they were roped into Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking offices.
Date: 03/14/2010
Latoya Peterson from Racialicious.com -- one of two SXSWi panelists who were walking down 6th street, minding their own business, when they were roped into Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking offices.
P1080300 Latoya Peterson, Denis, and Twana Hines
Latoya Peterson from Racialicious.com, and Twana Hines ("Funky Brown Chick") pose with Denis, Austin Linux Group president.
Date: 03/14/2010
Latoya Peterson from Racialicious.com, and Twana Hines ("Funky Brown Chick") pose with Denis, Austin Linux Group president. These two ladies were at SXSW for non-Linux-related reasons, and indeed have nothing to do with Linux -- they were walking down 6th street, minding their own business, when they were roped into Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking offices.
P1080311 Chip Rosenthal and Rob Ristroph
at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking.
Date: 03/14/2010
at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking.
P1080316 Chip Rosenthal and Rob Ristroph
at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking.
Date: 03/14/2010
at the SXSW Austin Linux party at Texas Coworking.
P1080321 Deserts at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour
Tiny, bite-sized, wonderful deserts at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour at the Beacon Lounge.
Date: 03/14/2010
Tiny, bite-sized, wonderful deserts at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour at the Beacon Lounge.
P1080322 B J Wishinsky
B J Wishinsky of Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (right), and other women at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour.
Date: 03/14/2010
B J Wishinsky of Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (right), and other women at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour. Unfortunately, I didn't find this happy hour very interesting, because most people in it were marketing types rather than techies, and the conversation revolved about promoting one's online presence.
P1080328 Alyce Lindquist (@alyce)
at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour.
Date: 03/14/2010
at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour.
P1080330 Jill Foster (@JillFoster)
Jill Foster (@JillFoster) (left) at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour.
Date: 03/14/2010
Jill Foster (@JillFoster) (left) at the Women Who Love Tech happy hour.
P1080344 Andraz Tori and Curtis Spencer
Andraz Tori (@andraz) from Zemanta, and Curtis Spencer (@jubos) from Cosmix (formerly Cruxlux) at the Semantic Web meeting at Texas Coworking on March 15, 2010.
Date: 03/15/2010
Andraz Tori (@andraz) from Zemanta, and Curtis Spencer (@jubos) from Cosmix (formerly Cruxlux) at the Semantic Web meeting at Texas Coworking on March 15, 2010.
P1080346 Dave Beckett (@dajobe)
Dave Beckett (@dajobe) from Yahoo gives a presentation on a semantic web command line tool at the Semantic Web meeting at Texas Coworking on March 15, 2010. at the Semantic Web meeting at Texas Coworking on March 15, 2010.
Date: 03/15/2010
Dave Beckett (@dajobe) from Yahoo gives a presentation on a semantic web command line tool at the Semantic Web meeting at Texas Coworking on March 15, 2010. at the Semantic Web meeting at Texas Coworking on March 15, 2010.
P1080349 A solar pump
near the Austin Convention Center was available for people to charge their devices -- both free and carbon-free.
Date: 03/18/2010
near the Austin Convention Center was available for people to charge their devices -- both free and carbon-free.
P1080352 Solar pump panel up-close
The solar pump near the Austin Convention Center was available for people to charge their devices during the SXSW -- both free and carbon-free.
Date: 03/18/2010
The solar pump near the Austin Convention Center was available for people to charge their devices during the SXSW -- both free and carbon-free.
P1080353 People charge their devices
at a solar pump near the Austin Convention Center -- both free and carbon-free.
Date: 03/18/2010
at a solar pump near the Austin Convention Center -- both free and carbon-free.
P1080354 SXSW musicians
walking down 6th street. I thought that SXSW Interactive attracted an "edgy" crowd, but it was nothing compared to folks that flooded the downtown during the music festival.
Date: 03/18/2010
walking down 6th street. I thought that SXSW Interactive attracted an "edgy" crowd, but it was nothing compared to folks that flooded the downtown during the music festival.
P1080357 A street musician at SXSW
plays drums on 6th street. I wonder if he drives his drum set around in that little pedicab.
Date: 03/18/2010
plays drums on 6th street. I wonder if he drives his drum set around in that little pedicab.
P1080274 Clay Shirky gives a talk
titled "Monkeys with Internet Access: Sharing, Human Nature, and Digital Data" -- about people's motivations for sharing on the internet, and the social good that comes from it.
Date: 03/14/2010
titled "Monkeys with Internet Access: Sharing, Human Nature, and Digital Data" -- about people's motivations for sharing on the internet, and the social good that comes from it. Read about his talk in my blog post.
P1080277 Clay Shirky gives a talk
titled "Monkeys with Internet Access: Sharing, Human Nature, and Digital Data" -- about people's motivations for sharing on the internet, and the social good that comes from it.
Date: 03/14/2010
titled "Monkeys with Internet Access: Sharing, Human Nature, and Digital Data" -- about people's motivations for sharing on the internet, and the social good that comes from it. Read about his talk in my blog post.]in my blog post[/url].
P1080361 Free bugs
If you didn't want the ever-so-commonly offered free hugs, perhaps you could be tempted by free bugs? These individuals actually look like they may have some bugs living in their layers of dumpster-salvaged clothes. :-)
Date: 03/18/2010
If you didn't want the ever-so-commonly offered free hugs, perhaps you could be tempted by free bugs? These individuals actually look like they may have some bugs living in their layers of dumpster-salvaged clothes. :-)
P1080364 Patchwork couture
Raggedy Ann attire was one of the most popular styles among musicians and wannabes that flooded Austin downtown during SXSW music festival.
Date: 03/18/2010
Raggedy Ann attire was one of the most popular styles among musicians and wannabes that flooded Austin downtown during SXSW music festival.
P1080371 What was on her sign?
This girl hid the sign she was holding when she saw me taking a picture. This made me regret I didn't pay attention to what her sign said -- even though before I was only interested in her outfit.
Date: 03/18/2010
This girl hid the sign she was holding when she saw me taking a picture. This made me regret I didn't pay attention to what her sign said -- even though before I was only interested in her outfit.
P1080372 Barbarian warrior costumes
in the Austin Convention Center. Somebody later told me this was a band Gwar. They walked through Austin Convention Center on Friday afternoon, leaving a wake of excitement behind them.
Date: 03/19/2010
in the Austin Convention Center. Somebody later told me this was a band Gwar. They walked through Austin Convention Center on Friday afternoon, leaving a wake of excitement behind them. They stopped to pose for a photo with this girl, which is how I got a chance to snap a picture too. It still came out very blurry, as I didn't have much time to stop and focus the camera.
P1080376 Barbarian warrior costumes
in the Austin Convention Center. Somebody later told me this was a band Gwar. They walked through Austin Convention Center on Friday afternoon, leaving a wake of excitement behind them.
Date: 03/19/2010
in the Austin Convention Center. Somebody later told me this was a band Gwar. They walked through Austin Convention Center on Friday afternoon, leaving a wake of excitement behind them. I tried to take a good picture of them, but it was impossible as I was running to catch up with them.
P1080377 Barbarian warrior costumes
in the Austin Convention Center. Somebody later told me this was a band Gwar. They walked through Austin Convention Center on Friday afternoon, leaving a wake of excitement behind them.
Date: 03/19/2010
in the Austin Convention Center. Somebody later told me this was a band Gwar. They walked through Austin Convention Center on Friday afternoon, leaving a wake of excitement behind them. I tried to take a good picture of them, but it was impossible as I was running to catch up with them.
P1080279 Matt Haughey, Adam Pash, and Gina Trapani
at the "Coding for Pleasure: Developing Killer Spare-Time Apps" panel.
Date: 03/14/2010
at the "Coding for Pleasure: Developing Killer Spare-Time Apps" panel. Can you expect to gain money, fame, or even improve your life significantly by writing spare-time applications? See what the panelists think in my blog post.
P1080384 An open-to-the-public party
in the backyard and garage of someone's house at 89 Rainey with free beer (yay!), free Clear Wifi (yay!) and a metal band (meh).
Date: 03/19/2010
in the backyard and garage of someone's house at 89 Rainey with free beer (yay!), free Clear Wifi (yay!) and a metal band (meh).
P1080390 An open-to-the-public party
in the backyard and garage of someone's house at 89 Rainey with free beer (yay!), free Clear Wifi (yay!) and a metal band (meh). In the backyard, where the band could not be heard very well, an impromptu drum circle was forming -- it was like Eeyore's Bir
Date: 03/19/2010
in the backyard and garage of someone's house at 89 Rainey with free beer (yay!), free Clear Wifi (yay!) and a metal band (meh). In the backyard, where the band could not be heard very well, an impromptu drum circle was forming -- it was like Eeyore's Birthday come early.
P1080394 An open-to-the-public party
in the backyard and garage of someone's house at 89 Rainey with free beer (yay!), free Clear Wifi (yay!) and a metal band (meh). Awful Waffle were seling 1-dollar waffles in the backyard.
Date: 03/19/2010
in the backyard and garage of someone's house at 89 Rainey with free beer (yay!), free Clear Wifi (yay!) and a metal band (meh). Awful Waffle were seling 1-dollar waffles in the backyard.
