PhotoBlog of SXSW Interactive Day 1
Being my first time at SXSW, I’m told that the attendance has increased 60% from last year. I’m not surprised as there is thousands of web professionals, media creators, and like-minded individuals crawling the halls (That was the nicest way of saying “Geek Convention”). Many of the folks here I recognize from the bay area, it’s amazing how a segment of Palo Alto and South Park SF was picked up and transplanted here in Austin Texas.
Below are some of the pictures I took from Day 1, I don’t have a great camera (just a $350 Canon IS700) but I do my best!
I noticed that Seagate has the highest presence here as a sponsor of the event. I’m not surprised, as their one of our biggest clients, and really understand and get the new data creators.
Read my session notes from: Turning Projects Into Revenue Generating Businesses (Rheingold, Hunt, Rivera, Victor, Carson)
Laughing Squid has the ultimate photo collection on flickr.
Related: SXSW Day 2, Web Awards Ceremony
Thousands of SXSW Give Away bags
Interactive exhibit
Guitar Heroines
Tim Ferris and Irina Slutsky
Biz Stone (of Twitter) gives Brian Oberkirch an official “I’m wearing my Twitter Shirt” memento
“Anime” hat, cool!
Rare Pink Xacti Video Camera (HD too) Sanyo gave it to her direct because of her awesome Vlogging…Jealoussssss (ok, well not about the pink part)
Irina gets a free massage in the Press Room (I was right after her, us PodTech employees work SO hard)
I love hanging with Kit Seeborg, she’s so genuine and sweet
Andrew Barron being interviewed
Serious Vlogger Gear
Groups that gather to go to lunch often fragment to 4-6 folks, above that is too confusing.
Shiner and Ribs for lunch, Austin Style
MJ and soon to be husband
Old Friend Andy Couch
Mobile Info
Lone traveler
Main Hall for Keynotes
Non-tourage girls
BYOG: Bring your own gaming (Gamers setup their own arcade on the floor)
Gaming Girl
Live Gaming sponsored by Seagate
Toyota had a strong presence, a Yaris was modified for gamers
Real Time Gaming in the ScreenBurn section
Press Room is relaxing
Rustic 8 Bit Party Bar
Classic Gaming
A real Tex Mex chip!
Texas style Bar
Jedi Illumination
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These are some great snaps! I’m not a fan of expensive cameras, but only because most people who own them rarely take them out to the places where they need them. I use an inexpensive Sony DSC-T9 for stills *and* videoblogging. It does the job.
I love your snaps, including the one with Shannon Clark in the background, but especially the party bar and the lone traveler.
Keep letting me live there vicariously. : )
Chris, thanks man, I’m glad you appreciate it, it takes a lot of effort, but comments like this makes it all pay off.
Cool pics - your pics are always tell a story…
Hi Jeremiah,
I’ve always wondered, what do you use to post your photos on Wordpress in this manner?
Have some ribs for me, sorry I’m not there.
David
Excellent Question, I just had this convo with Scott Beal of LaughingSquid last night, his pictures are super.
I use flickr, click on ’size’ and then reduce the size within flickr (you can pick a variety of sizes) and then grab code and embed. This only works for you photos.
There’s a wordpress plugin, that Scott told me about, but I’ve yet to use it.
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