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Post SXSW Interactive discussion continues to revolve around back
channel panel revolt and uprising. However, the trend has turned from
those embracing the public revolt, to a new wave of blogs chastising
the sophomoric behavior. Rude is Rude and Enough is Enough - Michael Rubin
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One of the hot newish companies at SXSW this year is Kyte.tv,
a video-streaming service that lets users upload video from their
mobile phones or webcams to be distributed through their own Kyte
channel, which can be embedded across the Web. It's a cool service, and
several blogs, including Silicon Alley Insider, are calling it the Twitter of this year's SXSW. -PCmag |
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At the futurists sandbox, a guy is pretending to be a
preacher giving the eulogy for Dirk Digler - in the year 2025.
Entertaining - SeanOBrien
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Michael Eisner predicts that within five years the internet will be as
important content-wise as cable or satellite. Interviewed by Mark
Cuban, he is using SxSW as the launchpad for the Hannah Montana-esque
The All-For-Nots - a new web show out of his digital studio Vuguru. - paidContent.org |
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Twiddla, this year's winner of the Technical Achievement award at SXSW, is a team whiteboarding service that offers a no-setup, online meeting web site for team collaboration. It's "features" page sums it up best, only two items were mentioned: "Kicks A**, Doesn't Cost Anything." - ReadWriteWeb
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SXSWi: Monday's keynote session with Frank Warren, founder of popular Postsecret.com,
where strangers send in anonymous postcards revealing their deepest
secret, ended with not only two unexpected secrets revealed from
audience members but also a standing ovation. - Star-Telegram
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2008 Weblog Awards winners: Dooce and I Can Has Cheezburger? win big. - Wired |
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'Rock Band', the latest from the Guitar Hero guys (Harmonix), "steals the SXSW show." - NewTeeVee
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Facebook SXSW keynote: Firestorm greets Business Weeks' Sarah Lacy. News.com’s Daniel Terdiman
has the best account of Zuckerberg keynote and how Lacy lost the crowd.
The Twitterati was brutal and Lacy was heckled for cutting off
Zuckerberg and becoming the story. - ZDNet
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SXSW Web Awards are out. - Wired |
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Twitter Joker Skewers Austin Party Scene From Afar: Honan Mat Honan is
twittering the hell out of South by Southwest, chronicling the scene on
the ground and turning his caustic wit on the rolling party in Austin.
Only problem is, Honan is nowhere near Texas. His crazy tweets poke fun
at the digerati and the unscrubbed geek masses gathered for the film
and interactive festival - Wired
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Anil Dash of Six Apart took top dog honors at BattleDecks II, a Friday night panel at South by Southwest that was billed as a cross between PowerPoint and karaoke. - Wired |
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Twitter announced it is lowering the API limit for third parties during SXSW (March 6 - 12) - from 70 to 50 req/hour. They are trying to make sure they can handle the SXSW traffic that is expected to be extremely high. Mar 05 9pm CST |
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