Archive For March, 2010

Is your content your content?

By Dave | March 29, 2010

Do you think Twitter will be around forever? How about Facebook? If you answered yes, may I introduce you to Friendster and Plurk? There’s so much talk these days about blogging being dead. Many people are turning to microblogging or using free services like Posterous or Tumblr instead of hosting a blog of their own. [...]

2 comments • Blogging
Tagged as: blogger • Blogging • Facebook • Friendster • plurk • Posterous • Tumblr • Twitter • wordpress
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Gary Vaynerchuk crushes SXSW

By Dave | March 24, 2010

One of my highlights from SXSW this year was seeing Gary Vaynerchuk live. Hat tip to Jessica Murray for letting me know that this video is online. This is a clip from Gary’s presentation which was amazing. Watch this right now. Tell me he doesn’t leave you enthusiastic! I recommend you pick up a copy [...]

5 comments • Business
Tagged as: @garyvee • Gary Vaynerchuk • SXSW
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Location Based Conferences

By Dave | March 18, 2010

The insanity of the South by Southwest crowds and popularity of location-based services (LBSs) such as Foursquare and Gowalla have me thinking about the future of popular conferences and unconferences. Do we still need the confines of a massive convention center? SXSW has already outgrown the Austin Convention Center, spilling sessions into neighboring hotels. When the [...]

3 comments • events
Tagged as: barcamp nashville • Foursquare • Gowalla • podcamp nashville • sitby.us • South by Southwest • SXSW • sxswi • The Cadillac Ranch • vicarious.ly
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10 signs SXSW Interactive is over

By Dave | March 16, 2010

And so ends another South by Southwest Interactive. SXSW is the conference filled with countless panels, educational book readings, incredible meals with amazing people, late night parties and early morning breakfasts. I believe leaving SXSW with no voice is a sign that you made good use of your time. It means that you were talking [...]