My boy Bill spends half his days on the side of a mountain in Denver, and (soon) the other half down here in Austin.
Last weekend he took these amazing nighttime images:
I have two questions:
1. Do you carry a gun?
2. How many bears did you see (and not the Urlacher variety)?
Bill started a blog, though he always made fun of the word. Will he Twitter next?
David Millar. 500K to go. Chain snap. Bike flicked. Pure rage against the machine = :38 seconds of fun.
Thanks to my boy Bruce for the link.
I love how various information enters my life. Most of it I request through RSS feeds or the magazines and news I subscribe to. But it’s just so random.
• SOX win! Ahhhh the opener – it made me sad to miss the glorious win (ahem – let’s go Cacciabondo, games?). At least I had Farmio and Stoney on the audio.
• Business networking that doesn’t suck. Stacey forwarded this and it piqued my interest (though I don’t recall subscribing to her RSS feed).
• Canadian geeks make great art. SXSW gave me a copy of Popular Science in my tote and it turns out I like it.
• Is it ghey to want pimpy red ano bottle cages for my new True Fab?
• Write a caption. Win any bike. I enter every day…
• Muppets rock.
• Viral exposure has gone way too far. What does Craig think about all this? Via The Copyranter.
• Seats seven. I’m one. Need six more. Who’s in?
• If I raced the spring classics, I’d only want to win Paris-Roubaix. I hope you clicked that link – it’s a cool trailer. Via Chris Strout. Sunday, baby, Sunday.
• When I went Xanadu Arcade in Oak Lawn as a kid, I played SpyHunter and Tron. This reminded me of it. From my boy, Kurt.
Tax time brings out Uncle Sam in Austin. I bet he got a DQ after his shift. Carol was playing with my camera and this cool effect was left on.
Dove nesting outside Sidera’s apartment. She moved to Chicago, like everyone else.
I think I love little baby pre-teen Jesus the best. Is the whole fam praying for gumballs? Because if they are…
We had pro photos taken of the kids. More to come, but here’s a teaser.
It’s been two days, and overall, SXSWi has been pretty eventful.
Three general themes that I’ve seen so far:
1. Design is alive and well and encompasses more than pretty colors;
2. Good design is all about human experience
2. Social Media is transparent – don’t even think about fake campaigns.
Saturday I went to:
• Design is in the Details – a session by Naz, a friend from Chicago. It was a beginner-level course, but that’s OK.
• Suxors – It’s always fun to critique the social media campaigns that flopped hard.
• Expression Engine – Why not? This blog is on WordPress, but I thought I’d check out the competition. EE’s back-end looks nice-ish, but that’s about it.
• Blood, Sweat and Fear – We’re always defending our design and these guys were going to give a full house some meaningful tips. Not so much.
Then we hit some parties – Bike Hugger and Avenue A – followed by home. Long lines and a babysitter on the clock helped with that decision.
Sunday we were back at it, ready for more revelations:
• Responsible web design – the guidebook said intermediate, but this was so basic even I understood the code. The description was off base and they used zero samples (but talked about them). BO-ring.
• Lunch at BD Rileys (Irish music to remind me of yesterday’s Southside Irish Parade) and the tradeshow – Kurt rocked the drums.
• Does tomorrow’s world need designers? – apparently someone is arguing that it DOES NOT. I only look back to our forefathers who designed tools and houses and clothes every single day. It’s about living – that can’t be automated.
I’m thankful that they’re offering podcasts on some of the panels I’ve missed. At least the Meebo conversations kept me entertained.
Funny moment (that I didn’t see), the keynote interviewer was anything but professional and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and the
audience turned on her.
But it wasn’t her fault (uh huh):
Dorks on Segways…
Blocks are everywhere. They are fun to build and stack.
