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Yet Another SXSW Post (And, No, I Don't Know If You Should Go Next.

Almost Savvy

I attended the SXSW Interactive (tech) Festival, which overlaps with the SXSW Music and Film Festivals, to some extent. The focus of each event is different, with the music and film events having been around longer than the interactive one. This is not like any other conference you’ve attended. Not so much.

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Weekly Roundup: The Boxing Day Edition

Waxing UnLyrical

Inspired, I venture to hazard, by the Silent Monks’ Hallelujah chorus , but it clearly took a lot of effort to rehearse, film and edit this. Forget Foursquare and Facebook. The Hallelujah Chorus, from 5th-graders in the rural Alaskan village of Quinhagak, Alaska (thanks to Mary Barber for the tip). Why: It’s so cute.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I know that there are some foursquare haters out there, but for me its about helping my favorite Chinese place out. I know that there are some foursquare haters out there, but for me its about helping my favorite Chinese place out. What's great about your taxi guy is that he is his proactive helpfulness. It's a win, win, win.

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Women in Blogging: 125 Fearless Female Bloggers

Kikolani

Adria is a organic technology consultant, business developer, technology trainer, and empowerment / tech conference addict. Deborah is the conference director for Blog World Expo, as well as a professional blogger and social media enthusiast. Also, don’t miss the great giveaway at the end of the post! Adria Richards. Deborah Ng.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

But, I absorbed many smaller lessons that will help guide my thinking about the conference, technology, and social business in the coming months. There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace.

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Facebook Credit: Zuckerberg next Treasurer of the Internet App2User

Laurel Papworth

Foursquare? They can be cds/dvds, software for your office, downloadable whitepapers and books on an iPad, ringtones, music/videos on the iTunes store, films on DVD, images like backgrounds and avatars. Future: Facebook buys Foursquare, you get stuff. conference). local photo forum? Didn’t. Presented at Web 3.0

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