Every so often I get invited to write an article on the tech or events industry. Less often do I get invited to write about my passion for cycling. Well, the crew at Bike Hugger gave me the opportunity to do just that regarding my recent trip to Interbike. I was honored to share a few glimpses into my inaugural experience for Bike Hugger’s new digital magazine.
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Author: Shawn
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Moments from My First Interbike
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The Importance Of, Part 2
Come to find out the fine folks at DrupalCamp Austin 2013 recently posted videos of all the conference sessions, so I figured that I would archive my keynote here. Now with 23% fewer “um”s.
I had a great time doing my “Phil Donahue impression” and interacting with the audience, and hopefully my mix of personal stories, industry insights and history of SXSW.com helped to inspire. In any case, my takeaways are listed below (if watching an hour and six minute long video is not your thing).
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The Importance Of…
Just a quick note that I’ll be presenting the Saturday keynote at DrupalCamp Austin this weekend. While it has been a little while since I hacked on Drupal, I’m very honored to be participating and sharing a bit of the SXSW CMS story. I’m planning to share ten insights from my personal journey into technology and my 13-year-long tenure at SXSW.
My talk is currently entitled: “The Importance Of…”
However, I always enjoy working with a few alternate titles for my own sake and amusement. Those currently are:
“Institutional Memory and the Future of Content”
“Get Off My Lawn: You Kids Don’t Know How Good We Have It Now”
That last one is my favorite.
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Behind the Curtain: My Guide to SXSW 2013
For over twelve years I’ve worked behind the curtain at SXSW Interactive. And many times I have longed to experience the playground that I help construct for others.
Perhaps in another life.
For now, I humbly present twelve hastily-prepared tips and recommendations for this year’s event. Keep in mind there are approximately 1064 distinct sessions and about 1958 individual speakers for the Interactive event alone, so the following is strictly personal and a reflection of my own particular tastes and desires.
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Hackers, Makers, Creators Unite
Of the many official micro-events within SXSW Interactive, I’m personally very intrigued with SXSW Create presented by Autodesk — as it goes directly to the heart of what makes SXSW so special.
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Jersey Project
For what seems like eons, I’ve wanted to put together a cycling jersey for the South By Southwest staff to better represent at charity rides and races.
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Building Playgrounds
It seems everyone is talking about hackathons these days — and for good reason. Providing a more open infrastructure for a community to create new relationships and develop ideas is valuable. It’s very efficient from an event producer’s perspective. If the conditions are just right, some really amazing products and experiences can come from such events.
Heck, it even sounds like fun.
But while hackathons sound very easy to pull off — creating just the right environment to foster a productive experience can be difficult.
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first peek at shoegeezer.com
Frankly, I’m not sure the world needs another music blog. Despite these very valid concerns, Adrienne and I have embarked on a little project to document another era:
“We melted down a vintage Fender Jazzmaster (Lake Placid Blue of course), a Yamaha FX500 effects processor, a box of cassette tapes circa 1991, an unknown number of random pills from the medicine cabinet, five Boss RV-3 pedals, a pair of ‘monkey boots,’ a packet of grape Kool-Aid powder and a single strand of Kevin Shields’ hair — the resultant machine produces exactly one song a day.
And we share that one song with you right here on shoegeezer.com. Because volume is wasted on the young.”
It’s been a fun and nostalgic journey so far. Stay tuned for more.
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goodbye facebook
You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.” Morpheus, The Matrix
I’ve thought long and hard about this one, but today I deactivated my Facebook account.
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