Pete Ashton’s Blog

Notes (to be edited into something more useful in a bit):

Don’t hang out with people you’d usually hang out with. Throw it out there.

Meet new people making cool shit.

Some sites to monitor stuff:
tweetscan.com/?s=sxsw
sxsw.pownce.com
sched.org
sxsw.ning.com

Mebo backchannel for panel

Panels:

Saturday: Worst Idea Ever with Andy Baio

Sunday:
Blogs, Buzz, and Buddy Lists
Lolcats

Monday:
Online Adulation: Use Don’t Abuse Your Fans

Tuesday:
Tuesday Keynote: Jane McGonigal
Green Software: Really?

Panel tips:
Take a day off from Panels, etc.
Leave panels if they’re boring.
Everything is podcasted anyway.

Parties.
http://sxswparty.com/
Sat: 16bit. 10pm-2am
Sun: Web awards.
Hey Ho, Let’s Go. Anyone can form a band and play.

Mobile Party in an RV. RVIP Lounge.
twitter.com/rviplounge for directions.

Party tips
Antibacterial cream. Lots of hand shaking!
Band Aids if you have new shoes.
Pain Killers
Internet celebrities aren’t celebrities.
Breath mints!