SXSW 2009 wrap-up
I’ve been trying to figure out how to sum up SXSW 2009 since I got back, and I’m still not sure I can do it. It was a much different week for me this year than it has been in the past, due I’m sure to all the personal changes I’ve been through in the last year. I have been in a weird space since I moved to Wilmington— not sure where I am professionally and isolated from my friends. I kind of detached myself from the Web world during the move, and I haven’t been able to figure out where to enter back into it. And to be honest, I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to. So my goal for SXSW this year wasn’t to party and meet folks that inspire me and learn and get new ideas, it was to give a shit about the …More »
Thanks, Ada
I think Matto has said it best for me today:
I have it on decent authority that the world is full of women who kick ass in Tech. You might know one. Go find one today and thank her.
Due to other plans I have for today, which …More »
OMG, did she actually post?
Yes. Yes she did.
It has been so damn long that I feel like I sould be writing something deep and earth shattering, but I don’t have it in me. I decided I just needed to get this return-from-the-dead post out the door so I can stop feeling like a …More »
Par-tay
Had a great party at A & J’s— the pepperoni rolls were a hit, and it was great to see folks I haven’t seen forever. Also, it was dogtastic, which is never a bad thing.
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March 12
"when did you last see a statue of a committee?" -- Cennydd Bowles
In ballroom E with the rest of the known universe
Finding that when people ask me where I'm from I don't know how to answer. Seems like a lie to say I'm from Wilmington. But I guess I am.
March 11
Waiting for a super shuttle — at AUS Austin-Bergstrom http://gowal.la/s/3Nf
Laying over in Atlanta. In dire need of nap.
Boarding.
March 10
"Showed my daughter an illustration of human evolution. "Daddy, I think you're turning back into that one.""
can't wait to get my @goodwitch fix tomorrow. i am seriously in withdrawal.
If you’re confused as I was about when to use
vs. when coding an HTML5 document, this article by Oli Studholme will help clear things up. To decide which of these three elements is appropriate, first think if the enclosed content would make sense on it’s own in a feed reader—if so use
. If that’s not the case, is the enclosed content related? If so use . Finally if there’s no semantic meaning use . Except for occasional use to provide a hook for styles, I expect the humblewill mostly be superseded by, and where required more specialised HTML5 elements. March 9
"It looks like I will have to combine two of my least favourite things today: fax machines and NDAs. It's a medieval mashup of FAIL."
"The most important thing to recognize here is that, whether we like it or not, seventy-three million people are playing Farmville: a boring, repetitive, and potentially dangerous activity that barely qualifies as a game. Seventy-three million people are obligated to a company that holds no reciprocal ethical obligation toward those people."
This is such a good idea— map, schedule, planner, notebook for SXSW all in one. Make it fit in my purse, and I’d pay good money for it.
~ dooceThat mound of Very Important Bat Poo provides essential nutrients to millions of cockroaches who in turn serve as food for something else, and so on and so on, and years later you’re sitting there eating a chicken burrito for dinner that was made possible because some bat flying around in a cave in New Mexico decided to use the potty. SCIENCE IS AWESOME.